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| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-19-13-17-31.gh-issue-122878.4iFpsB.rst | 1 |
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diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py index 66dcd99..1fddc63 100644 --- a/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py +++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py @@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ def get_pager() -> Pager: return plain_pager if sys.platform == 'win32': return lambda text, title='': tempfile_pager(plain(text), 'more <') + if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('(pager) 2>/dev/null') == 0: + return lambda text, title='': pipe_pager(text, 'pager', title) if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('(less) 2>/dev/null') == 0: return lambda text, title='': pipe_pager(text, 'less', title) diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-19-13-17-31.gh-issue-122878.4iFpsB.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-19-13-17-31.gh-issue-122878.4iFpsB.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..85dd0fd --- /dev/null +++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-19-13-17-31.gh-issue-122878.4iFpsB.rst @@ -0,0 +1 @@ +Use the ``pager`` binary, if available (e.g. on Debian and derivatives), to display REPL ``help()``. |