[darcs-devel] [issue896] darcs get --help" automatically uses pager, which is annoying

[Brian Warner]

New submission from Brian Warner <warner-darcs-bugs at lothar.com>:

My debian system (sid) was recently upgraded to use darcs2 ("2.0.0
(unknown)"), and it appears that the new code automatically uses a pager when
displaying help output (in particular "darcs get --help" now launches
/usr/bin/less, whereas back in darcs1 it just dumped the whole thing to
stdout).

I know that sometimes this is a good thing, but this time it annoyed
me.. I wanted to see the help text on the screen at the same time as
the command I was about to type in, and sending it through less prevents
me from doing that. In general, if I want to use a pager, I'll append
"|less" to the command, so I frown upon programs that force this choice
upon me.

Just my two cents,
 -Brian

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title: darcs get --help" automatically uses pager, which is annoying

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