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From: chaffee@reed.UUCP (Alex Chaffee)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.elm
Subject: Default Pager (again)
Message-ID: <15645@reed.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 90 00:15:34 GMT
Reply-To: chaffee@reed.UUCP (Alex Chaffee)
Organization: Reed College, Portland OR
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I asked this question a month or two ago, and didn't get any answers, so
I'll try again:

The behavior of elm 2.3 (PL6) with respect to picking a pager is as follows:

-	If there is an elmrc file, it uses the pager specified
-	If there is no elmrc file
	-	If there is an environment variable called "PAGER", it uses
		that
	-	Otherwise, it uses the compiled-in #define DEF_PAGER (or
		something like that; I can't recall the name)

This is a problem for me.  I want new users to use the builtin pager, but
all users have the $PAGER variable defined in their .cshrc file (for use by
rn etc.).  Is there any way to have elm ignore the $PAGER environment
variable in the absence of an elmrc file, and use the #define instead?  If
not, can this be worked into 2.4, perhaps as an additional #define?

 - Alex
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Alex Chaffee
chaffee@reed.{UUCP,BITNET}
Reed College, Portland OR 97202
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