GNU bug report logs - #44663
[PATCH] ui: Launch $PAGER through the shell.

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Package: guix-patches;

Reported by: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>

Date: Sun, 15 Nov 2020 18:48:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

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Message #23 received at 44663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me <at> tobias.gr>
To: 44663 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: ui: Launch $PAGER through the shell.
Date: Sun, 29 Nov 2020 17:52:05 +0100

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> I feel that going through the shell makes things more brittle

I don't think it's brittle but it's icky.  Using OPEN-PIPE is just 
the easiest way to get the shell to do free parsing for us.  It 
also allows using pipes and for-loops in PAGER so I agree it's not 
ideal.

Here's a v2 that does more work for less result, but feels less 
dirty :-)

Kind regards,

T G-R

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