* something different on Windows, for example.
*/
-static void run_pager(void)
+static void run_pager(const char *pager)
{
- const char *prog = getenv("PAGER");
- if (!prog)
- prog = "less";
- setenv("LESS", "-S", 0);
- execlp(prog, prog, NULL);
+ execlp(pager, pager, NULL);
+ execl("/bin/sh", "sh", "-c", pager, NULL);
}
void setup_pager(void)
{
pid_t pid;
int fd[2];
+ const char *pager = getenv("PAGER");
if (!isatty(1))
return;
+ if (!pager)
+ pager = "less";
+ else if (!*pager || !strcmp(pager, "cat"))
+ return;
+
if (pipe(fd) < 0)
return;
pid = fork();
close(fd[0]);
close(fd[1]);
- run_pager();
+ setenv("LESS", "-S", 0);
+ run_pager(pager);
+ die("unable to execute pager '%s'", pager);
exit(255);
}