On 31/03/18(Sat) 03:20, Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Paul Irofti wrote on Fri, Mar 30, 2018 at 11:23:54AM +0300:
> [...] 
> > which is EXACTLY what I was looking for! Can it be the default? :)
> 
> I'm neither particularly enthusiastiastic (because it requires
> more code, in particular more getenv(3) which i dislike in general,
> and because it adds another difference in behaviour depending on
> isatty(3)) nor am im categorically rejecting the request.

Don't you already need this logic, getenv(3) + isatty(3), to decide if
you use a pager or not?  Although I don't understand why getenv(3) is
needed, isn't a TIOCGWINSZ ioctl(2) enough?.

> If a few developers consider the feature useful, i shall implement
> it; if nobody else speaks up, i'm more likely to KISS it.

I'd greatly appreciate this default as well.

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