hi, On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:48:30AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > This includes the following > changes which I've started coding: > > * DPKG_PAGER (equivalent to PAGER, so it will accept arguments). > * Set LESS (if unset) to something along the lines of -FRSXMQ, which > sould fix the clear-screen-problem, the ugly-output, and > blocking-on-pager-when-unnecessary. > * New --no-pager option (that can be set in the config file, for > dpkg, although dpkq-query does not currently honor any config, > but I might need to implement something for the path mapping > options anyway in the future). > * I could see perhaps a mode where the Description is omitted? > * If you still want the truncating behavior, I could introduce it > back under a new option such as --width=fit-to-screen vs =auto vs > =<COLUMNS> or similar.
these all seem pretty useful/nice to me, thanks for your work & feedback
here.
> On Fri, 2018-09-28 at 11:40:38 +0000, Holger Levsen wrote:
> > also, running eg 'dpkg -l dpkg' and then ending up in less is confusing
> > and breaking >20y old habbits, and then I press 'q' and get exit code 1.
> Ah! That's actually a bug, the process dies from a SIGPIPE, I'll fix
> that.
ah! thanks! :)
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Holger
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