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[PATCH 0/1] Improve pager selection logic when less is not installed

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From: Taiju HIGASHI <higashi <at> taiju.info>
To: Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be>
Cc: 55845 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#55845] [PATCH 1/1] ui: Improve pager selection logic when less is not installed.
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2022 00:17:19 +0900

Maxime Devos <maximedevos <at> telenet.be> writes:

> [Please keep debbugs in CC]

I'm sorry.

> Taiju HIGASHI schreef op wo 08-06-2022 om 22:33 [+0900]:
>> > Ideally there would be some regression tests as well.
>>
>> I think I can write tests if I can figure out how to give a minimal
>> specific package to the test preconditions, do you have any test
>> codes
>> that are similar and can be used as a reference?
>
> Not really, but FWIW it might be convenient to use the
> with-environment-variables macro and mock the call to open-pipe* with
> the 'mock' macro to make sure that open-pipe* is called with the
> ‘correct’ pager according to PATH (*).  Searching for 'mock' with "git
> grep -F" should find some examples.
>
> (*) call-with-temporary-directory + chmod + call-with-output-file may
> be useful for setting up a simulated $PATH with a dummy 'less' and/or
> 'more'.

Thanks for the implementation tips. I will try to implement the test as
well, although it will be after tomorrow. Is tests/ui.scm the right
place to implement the tests?

Thanks,
-- 
Taiju

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