pager: drop "wait for output to run less" hack

diff --git a/pager.c b/pager.c
index 4dcb08d9674c252cbe2c2725f92eca2a0350dc93..c0b4387d969476232a4e00a7acf9b06dc4ef6edc 100644 (file)
--- a/pager.c
+++ b/pager.c
@@ -11,21 +11,6 @@
  * something different on Windows.
  */
 
-#ifndef WIN32
-static void pager_preexec(void)
-{
-       /*
-        * Work around bug in "less" by not starting it until we
-        * have real input
-        */
-       fd_set in;
-
-       FD_ZERO(&in);
-       FD_SET(0, &in);
-       select(1, &in, NULL, &in, NULL);
-}
-#endif
-
 static const char *pager_argv[] = { NULL, NULL };
 static struct child_process pager_process;
 
@@ -93,9 +78,6 @@ void setup_pager(void)
                static const char *env[] = { "LESS=FRSX", NULL };
                pager_process.env = env;
        }
-#ifndef WIN32
-       pager_process.preexec_cb = pager_preexec;
-#endif
        if (start_command(&pager_process))
                return;