Re: neovim and less

[Jonathan Dowland <jon+debian-user@dow.land>]

On Sat, Nov 02, 2019 at 02:27:19PM -0400, R Ransbottom wrote:
> Issuing a ex command like
>
>    :! perldoc -f close
>
> or
>
>    :! cat some_file | less
>
> brings me directly to the end of the file output, leaving me with
> the nvim message:
>
>    Press ENTER or type command to continue
>
> requiring me to navigate to the start of the output.  Less does not
> do this when invoked from bash.

Side-stepping the issue a little, but you could consider opening a new
scratch buffer and then reading the output of your shell command into
it, then just navigating that buffer in nvim directly, rather than using
an external pager. E.g.

   :ene
   :r! perldoc -f close

Or more simply for your cat|less example, simply open the file in nvim
directly, in a new pane if you wish

   :sp
   :e some_file