Re: Enable pager by default for the help command

[Seth Goldberg]

Quoting Robert Millan, who wrote the following on Thu, 3 Sep 2009:

> On Thu, Sep 03, 2009 at 09:30:31AM -0700, Seth Goldberg wrote:
> > Quoting Robert Millan, who wrote the following on Thu, 3 Sep 2009:
> >
> > > On Wed, Sep 02, 2009 at 04:45:28PM -0700, Seth Goldberg wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >   I know I've been annoyed by this (as have many others I've talked to).
> > > > How about we enabling paging (set pager=1) automatically for the duration
> > > > of the help command, since it will inevitable scroll off of the screen
> > > > for console output devices with a limited number of lines?
> > >
> > > We can't do this, as it could make GRUB unexpectedly require manual
> > > assistance to boot in certain setups.
> >
> >   Really?  When is the help command executed as part of boot?  I'm not
> > asking for pager to be set to 1 by default-- ONLY during the execution of
> > the help command.
>
> Ah, sorry I overlooked this part.  Well, it wouldn't harm in help command,
> but I suppose other commands are in the same situation.  Hopefully we could
> find a more generic solution instead?

  I was just looking for low-hanging fruit :).  I think we should examine 
other cases as they arise.

> >   This is a big dissatisfier with pretty much everyone I've talked to
> > who's needed help.
>
> Believe me, I'm annoyed by this problem too.

  Is that an approval I hear to get it in to 1.97? ;) .

 --S