Re: [Quilt-dev] [PATCH] scripts: let users override LESS env variable.

[Martin Quinson]

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 02:28:49PM +0100, Jean Delvare wrote:
> Hi Kent,
> 
> Le Friday 13 December 2013 à 22:01 -0600, Kent R. Spillner a écrit :
> > Add a QUILT_LESS_ARGS variable that can be used to configure what quilt will
> > set LESS to when LESS is undefined.  Defaults to -FSRX so no functional 
> > change
> > in the default case, but allows users to drop the -F argument as needed (for
> > example, when using a multiline shell prompt) without explicitly setting 
> > LESS.
> 
> I do not understand the value of this change. How is it better to set
> QUILT_LESS_ARGS in ~/.quiltrc than to set LESS in ~/.quiltrc?

Consistency with the other QUILT_*_ARGS maybe?

> As far as I can see, the feature was already there, just not documented.
> If I'm missing something, please explain.

I love interface consistency myself too. I like this change.

Bye, Mt.

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