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Re: Harmful LESS flags

From
David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Date
Apr 24, 2014, 05:06 UTC
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<4dc69237123e8962b2b2b901692ea78e.id@mailtor>
d9ba@mailtor.net writes:
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> It would be nice if we could change the flags to either
>
>  a) avoid cutting off
>  b) indicate something has been cut off (<- I prefer this)
>
> I assume there are more people with a similar workflow who're still
> unaware of this feature.
>
> I would joke about how 3 letter agencies introduced this flag to
> backdoor open source projects, but, well..
Most terminals are wider than three letters.
Still, it is a total nuisance.  I am constantly doing
-S RET

on my git output. This should be left alone as an entirely personal preference quite unrelated to Git. There is no point in having Git configure a default different from what is used elsewhere.

-- 
David Kastrup
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Message 4 of 41 in “Harmful LESS flags”
  1. d9ba@mailtor.netApr 23, 2014
  2. Jonathan NiederApr 24, 2014
  3. Mark NudelmanApr 28, 2014
  4. David KastrupApr 24, 2014
  5. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2014
  6. David KastrupApr 24, 2014
  7. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2014
  8. David KastrupApr 24, 2014
  9. Jeff KingApr 24, 2014
  10. Junio C HamanoApr 24, 2014
  11. Jeff KingApr 24, 2014
  12. David KastrupApr 24, 2014
  13. Jeff KingApr 24, 2014
  14. David KastrupApr 24, 2014
  15. Jonathan NiederApr 24, 2014
  16. Matthieu MoyApr 25, 2014
  17. Jonathan NiederApr 25, 2014
  18. David KastrupApr 25, 2014
  19. Jonathan NiederApr 25, 2014
  20. PAGER_ENV: remove 'S' from $LESS by defaultMatthieu Moy, Apr 28, 2014
  21. David KastrupApr 28, 2014
  22. Matthieu MoyApr 28, 2014
  23. David KastrupApr 28, 2014
  24. Matthieu MoyApr 28, 2014
  25. Jeff KingApr 28, 2014
  26. Junio C HamanoApr 28, 2014
  27. Matthieu MoyApr 29, 2014
  28. Junio C HamanoApr 29, 2014
  29. pager: remove 'S' from $LESS by defaultMatthieu Moy, Apr 30, 2014
  30. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2014
  31. Matthieu MoyApr 30, 2014
  32. Junio C HamanoApr 30, 2014
  33. Jonathan NiederMay 5, 2014
  34. Matthieu MoyMay 5, 2014
  35. Junio C HamanoMay 6, 2014
  36. David KastrupMay 6, 2014
  37. Matthieu MoyMay 6, 2014
  38. Jeff KingMay 6, 2014
  39. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2014
  40. Matthieu MoyMay 7, 2014
  41. Junio C HamanoMay 7, 2014

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