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changeset 33391:85b978031a75 stable
help: clarify the choice of pager
This follows the change made in d83e51654c8a to use environment variables
between system and user configuration.
author | Xavier Lepaul <xalep@google.com> |
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date | Fri, 02 Jun 2017 10:44:40 +0200 |
parents | 62e42e289750 |
children | c850f0ed54c1 |
files | mercurial/help/pager.txt |
diffstat | 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) [+] |
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--- a/mercurial/help/pager.txt +++ b/mercurial/help/pager.txt @@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ [pager] pager = less -FRX -If no pager is set, Mercurial uses the environment variable -$PAGER. If neither pager.pager, nor $PAGER is set, a default pager -will be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows. +If no pager is set in the user or repository configuration, Mercurial uses the +environment variable $PAGER. If $PAGER is not set, pager.pager from the default +or system configuration is used. If none of these are set, a default pager will +be used, typically `less` on Unix and `more` on Windows. .. container:: windows