Title: Can we set a custom pager? · Issue #1047 · bpython/bpython · GitHub
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Description: Notices that when running bpython, actions that use the pager for me (F1 for help, python's help, etc), don't really do anything on my shell. After investigating it's because I have this: echo $LESS --quit-if-one-screen # aka -F Removing...
Open Graph Description: Notices that when running bpython, actions that use the pager for me (F1 for help, python's help, etc), don't really do anything on my shell. After investigating it's because I have this: echo $LES...
X Description: Notices that when running bpython, actions that use the pager for me (F1 for help, python's help, etc), don't really do anything on my shell. After investigating it's because I have thi...
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