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Re: [PATCH RESEND] Do not override LESS

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AMAnders Melchiorsen <mail@cup.kalibalik.dk>
Date
Aug 23, 2008, 10:21 UTC
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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com> writes:
> That's not a solution. Alice and Bob can also change their
> environment to their taste as well. Why punish existing users?

As I said, when you ask for "less", I tend to think it is correct to get "less". Not "LESS=FSRX less", with a special case if LESS is already defined.

> If the problem you are trying to solve is that there is no existing
> combination of the environment variables for them to do so, you can
> solve it by introducing a new configuration or environment to
> support such usage and documenting it, can't you?

I was trying to clean up things, not to make them even more confusing. If backwards compatibility is more important to you, I can understand.

Cheers, Anders.

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  1. Do not override LESSAnders Melchiorsen, Aug 22, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2008
  3. Anders MelchiorsenAug 23, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoAug 23, 2008
  5. Anders MelchiorsenAug 23, 2008
  6. Jonathan NiederAug 24, 2008
  7. Documentation: clarify pager.<cmd> configurationJonathan Nieder, Aug 24, 2008
  8. Junio C HamanoAug 24, 2008

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