https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/426569eb8ca1edaa68026aa2bab6b8d1c9105f93 commit: 426569eb8ca1edaa68026aa2bab6b8d1c9105f93 branch: main author: Stefano Rivera <[email protected]> committer: vstinner <[email protected]> date: 2024-09-19T13:18:24Z summary:
Support the "pager" binary in _pyrepl (#122878) Debian (and derivatives) provide a /usr/bin/pager binary, managed by the alternatives system, that always points to an available pager utility. Allow _pyrepl to use it, to follow system policy. This is a very trivial change, from a patch that Debian has been carrying since 2.7 era. Seems appropriate to upstream. https://bugs.debian.org/799555 files: A Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-19-13-17-31.gh-issue-122878.4iFpsB.rst M Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py index 66dcd99111adfc..1fddc63e3ee3ad 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 00000000000000..85dd0fd769be68 --- /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()``. _______________________________________________ Python-checkins mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-checkins.python.org/ Member address: [email protected]
