Avoid endless bat executions with PAGER="bat"
From issue
@@ -27,11 +27,16 @@ impl OutputType {
/// Try to launch the pager. Fall back to stdout in case of errors.
fn try_pager(quit_if_one_screen: bool, pager_from_config: Option<&str>) -> Result<Self> {
let pager_from_env = env::var("BAT_PAGER").or_else(|_| env::var("PAGER"));
- let pager = pager_from_config
+
+ let mut pager = pager_from_config
.map(|p| p.to_string())
.or(pager_from_env.ok())
.unwrap_or(String::from("less"));
+ if pager == "bat" {
+ pager = String::from("less");
+ }
+
let pagerflags = shell_words::split(&pager)
.chain_err(|| "Could not parse (BAT_)PAGER environment variable.")?;
