Re: BUG #11986: psql uses pager inside Emacs shell buffer (not a terminal)

On Fri, Dec  5, 2014 at 03:33:43PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> 'bruce@momjian.us' wrote:
> > On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 03:48:45AM +0000, Ed Avis wrote:
> > > >A truly dumb terminal would be where you'd need a pager the most
> > >
> > > That is true but how many are using teletypes these days?  If the
> > > terminal type is 'dumb' that indicates for sure that some other
> > > program is processing the output. Nobody is running psql inside a
> > > terminal which is truly bereft of cursor movement commands - except
> > > perhaps on Windows, which can be detected separately.
> >
> > Many shell scripts run from cron have a 'dumb' terminal value.
>
> Surely you don't want pagers running there either ...

Well, that's an interesting point.  Does anyone object to turning off
'pager' for a 'dumb' terminal?

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