Re: Bug#363250: general: Custom PAGER gives error on sid, but works on sarge

[Loïc Minier <lool+debian@via.ecp.fr>]

On Sun, Apr 23, 2006, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>         Historically, if my memory serves me correctly, one used PAGER
>  to specify the program, and the default arguments. PAGER essentially
>  worked as an shell alias:
> PAGER= less -cim
>  And then you could either pipe thigs to ti, or call it on a file.  I
>  am not sure if I recall a-pipeline-as-pager ever working, even way
>  back in the mid 80's.

 The proposal adds support for it, and indirectly addresses the
 regression mentionned in the bug report which started this discussion.

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Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>
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