Oh, ok, so plainpager is probably marginally better.

2001-07-23 19:48:10 +00:00 · 2001-07-23 19:48:10 +00:00 · 5e9eb98ff6
parent 0a66fcb116
commit 5e9eb98ff6
1 changed files with 1 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
+++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ def getpager():
    if not sys.stdin.isatty() or not sys.stdout.isatty():
        return plainpager
    if os.environ.get('TERM') in ['dumb', 'emacs']:
-        return lambda text: sys.stdout.write(text)
+        return plainpager
    if os.environ.has_key('PAGER'):
        if sys.platform == 'win32': # pipes completely broken in Windows
            return lambda text: tempfilepager(plain(text), os.environ['PAGER'])