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authorMartin Nordholts <enselic@gmail.com>2021-06-05 22:47:17 +0200
committerMartin Nordholts <enselic@gmail.com>2021-06-08 07:13:46 +0200
commitc8dd32802de64ecb889bee34fe3e2211c092aac3 (patch)
tree4b66d7e5182319b939a07051b91ecd4edc1c706b
parent71f04dc0e835b097f606e1b12c56e78ac1efe516 (diff)
README.md: Mention that PAGER is ignored if set to more or most
Fixes #1666
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@@ -516,6 +516,8 @@ set, `less` is used by default. If you want to use a different pager, you can ei
`PAGER` variable or set the `BAT_PAGER` environment variable to override what is specified in
`PAGER`.
+**Note**: If `PAGER` is `more` or `most`, `bat` will silently use `less` instead to ensure support for colors.
+
If you want to pass command-line arguments to the pager, you can also set them via the
`PAGER`/`BAT_PAGER` variables: