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Author	eric.araujo
Recipients	belopolsky, eric.araujo, jsbronder
Date	2011-02-04.00:39:31
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My man(1) also respects MANPAGER (it’s the one from http://man-db.nongnu.org/), but given the lack of a standard, I agree with you. However, I’m reluctant to add another env variable. There are workarounds, for example using a shell alias like “docpy="PAGER=most pydoc"”. I think this warrants a python-ideas discussion. Justin: what exactly is a pager that does not support man pages?

My man(1) also respects MANPAGER (it’s the one from http://man-db.nongnu.org/), but given the lack of a standard, I agree with you.

However, I’m reluctant to add another env variable.  There are workarounds, for example using a shell alias like “docpy="PAGER=most pydoc"”.  I think this warrants a python-ideas discussion.

Justin: what exactly is a pager that does not support man pages?

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Date	User	Action	Args
2011-02-04 00:39:33	eric.araujo	set	recipients: + eric.araujo, belopolsky, jsbronder
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