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Override the default pager on Windows if not found #1273

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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions changelog.md
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Upcoming Release (TBD)
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Bug Fixes
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* Help Windows installations find a working default pager.


Internal
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions mycli/main.py
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Expand Up @@ -1016,6 +1016,11 @@ def configure_pager(self):

cnf = self.read_my_cnf_files(self.cnf_files, ["pager", "skip-pager"])
cnf_pager = cnf["pager"] or self.config["main"]["pager"]

# help Windows users who haven't edited the default myclirc
if WIN and cnf_pager == 'less' and not shutil.which(cnf_pager):
cnf_pager = 'more'

if cnf_pager:
special.set_pager(cnf_pager)
self.explicit_pager = True
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