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29.2.50; comint-pager doesn't affect async-shell-command

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From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com, 72426 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#72426: 29.2.50; comint-pager doesn't affect async-shell-command
Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 14:49:45 -0400

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Spencer Baugh <sbaugh <at> janestreet.com>
>> Cc: jporterbugs <at> gmail.com,  72426 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
>> Date: Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:42:09 -0400
>> 
>> --- a/lisp/startup.el
>> +++ b/lisp/startup.el
>> @@ -854,6 +854,10 @@ normal-top-level
>>      ;; We are careful to do it late (after term-setup-hook), although the
>>      ;; new multi-tty code does not use $TERM any more there anyway.
>>      (setenv "TERM" "dumb")
>> +    ;; Likewise, subprocesses should not use a pager unless told
>> +    ;; otherwise, since it generally won't work.
>> +    (when (executable-find "cat")
>> +      (setenv "PAGER" "cat"))
>
> We need to work on the comment, because it doesn't explain any of what
> it needs to.  Worse, it says something very confusing and at least
> inaccurate.

Could you just say what you'd prefer the comment to be?  I'm not sure
what exactly you'd like it to explain.

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