Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: Random832 Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Subject: Re: What should Python apps do when asked to show help? Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 23:46:28 -0400 Lines: 11 Message-ID: References: <5724253e$0$22142$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <20160430235132.GA83556@cskk.homeip.net> <1462063311.237252.594520729.52D9D362@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1462074388.273747.594588777.5E705539@webmail.messagingengine.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: news.uni-berlin.de r4cRksMV0V6GeSaVVjGC/QnydfxQZyq4zLoCOog86C7w== Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.05; 'append': 0.07; 'subject:help': 0.07; 'command.': 0.09; 'received:internal': 0.09; 'message- id:@webmail.messagingengine.com': 0.16; 'permanently,': 0.16; 'received:10.202': 0.16; 'received:10.202.2': 0.16; 'received:10.202.2.212': 0.16; 'received:66.111': 0.16; 'received:66.111.4': 0.16; 'received:io': 0.16; 'received:messagingengine.com': 0.16; 'received:psf.io': 0.16; 'subject:show': 0.16; 'subject:when': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.16; 'result,': 0.18; 'shell': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; 'seems': 0.23; 'sat,': 0.23; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.24; 'specify': 0.27; 'profile,': 0.33; 'changing': 0.34; 'gives': 0.35; 'acceptable': 0.35; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'subject:: ': 0.37; 'received:10': 0.37; 'setting': 0.37; 'received:66': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.40; 'some': 0.40; 'ever': 0.60; 'your': 0.60; 'header:Message-Id:1': 0.61; '30,': 0.63; 'you.': 0.64; 'here': 0.66; 'cripple': 0.84; 'affairs': 0.91; 'edwards': 0.91 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=fastmail.com; h= content-transfer-encoding:content-type:date:from:in-reply-to :message-id:mime-version:references:subject:to:x-sasl-enc :x-sasl-enc; s=mesmtp; bh=mk222h6FthBQ3YN6tzsqgDQAcrQ=; b=EMPZKg 1K0I8UMY38zTzXM+CsODM0UmvTJ/4Xgv3dLofkNyjQ1q3s79YWTiSXmoLqjs0kw/ mBvIHhtiiGWPjUGPXze45Sqdiqy41FD+bdKnV9RcT+DDmuWaHIq8g7Z0waDvj/Lf JOMM1rCP4e78Wtt+sw6Xcgl5D8QxVl6nwrxOs= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=content-transfer-encoding:content-type :date:from:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version:references :subject:to:x-sasl-enc:x-sasl-enc; s=smtpout; bh=mk222h6FthBQ3YN 6tzsqgDQAcrQ=; b=oqCkY9usxIzGWmrS78Wso/4JP5PIewEhSphKVZUNSgbObRo 51evEaD8Pt2vjhSta0jNrewyj+vQigZcMsjHwqFdhRyvhaFPUs6u0mK7yYWoRllk AEyVDKimW47flaK/kneJSG4r3uii/WPuUII4Tmvn+F2CWhAiIGSLVEny9szc= X-Sasl-Enc: arHOKtsF+n9IKAM7QdNjYMuPNtzzohpA5QZu4+p9KyTH 1462074388 X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface - ajax-491eb5a4 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-Mailman-Original-Message-ID: <1462074388.273747.594588777.5E705539@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Mailman-Original-References: <5724253e$0$22142$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <20160430235132.GA83556@cskk.homeip.net> <1462063311.237252.594520729.52D9D362@webmail.messagingengine.com> Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:107931 On Sat, Apr 30, 2016, at 22:30, Grant Edwards wrote: > We don't want to use a PAGER variable to specify when we want a pager > and when we don't want a pager. If we want a pager we append "| less" > to the command. If we don't want a pager, we don't append that to the > command. Setting PAGER=cat - permanently, in your profile, and never ever changing it - gives this result, yet it's described by some people here as "So I have to cripple my shell [...]?" What is crippled? Evidently you're not "we", since this "crippled" state of affairs seems to be a perfectly acceptable one to you.