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gh-65824: Improve help() when MANPAGER and PAGER variables are not set#21520
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Display "(q to quit)" when using help(). Use the --quit-at-eofoption to make less quit if enter is pressed on the last line.
| returnlambdatext:tempfilepager(plain(text),'more <') | ||
| ifhasattr(os,'system')andos.system('(less) 2>/dev/null')==0: | ||
| returnlambdatext:pipepager(text,'less') | ||
| cmd='less "-P?e(END) .(q to quit)" --quit-at-eof' |
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Do also considering adding the-X and-F (latter is the same as--quit-if-one-screen) flags.
From the less documentation,
-X causes less to not clear screen upon quit
-X or --no-initDisables sending the termcap initialization and deinitialization strings to the terminal. This is sometimes desirable if the deinitialization string does something unnecessary, like clearing the screen.
and with -F, it quits if the help fits in one screen
-F or --quit-if-one-screenCauses less to automatically exit if the entire file can be displayed on the first screen.
| cmd='less "-P?e(END) .(q to quit)" --quit-at-eof' | |
| cmd='less "-P?e(END) .(q to quit)" -X --quit-if-one-screen --quit-at-eof' |
| @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ | |||
| When the ``MANPAGER`` and ``PAGER`` environment variables are not set, | |||
| interactive:func:`help` now quits if enter is pressed on the last line. | |||
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Also add info about "(q to quit)" message on the status line?
See also#116050. |
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Display "(q to quit)" when using help(). Use the --quit-at-eof
option to make less quit if enter is pressed on the last line.
https://bugs.python.org/issue21625