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Re: git-diff should not fire up $PAGER, period!

From
Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
Date
Dec 22, 2008, 03:27 UTC
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<buo3aggyjmy.fsf@dhapc248.dev.necel.com>
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Just (setenv "PAGER" "cat") in .emacs.
[I actually have it set to /bin/cat, not sure if that's meaningful or not.]
-Miles
-- 
.Numeric stability is probably not all that important when you're guessing.
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Message 11 of 13 in “git-diff should not fire up $PAGER if there is no diff”
  1. jidanni@jidanni.orgDec 16, 2008
  2. Jeff KingDec 16, 2008
  3. Stefan KarpinskiDec 16, 2008
  4. Jeff KingDec 16, 2008
  5. Stefan KarpinskiDec 16, 2008
  6. git-diff should not fire up $PAGER, period!jidanni@jidanni.org, Dec 17, 2008
  7. Junio C HamanoDec 17, 2008
  8. Linus TorvaldsDec 17, 2008
  9. Miles BaderDec 22, 2008
  10. Jeff KingDec 18, 2008
  11. Miles BaderDec 22, 2008
  12. Johannes SixtDec 22, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoDec 22, 2008

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