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Re: Default PAGER -> less



coypu%sdf.org@localhost writes:

> I thought of making the default .profile snippet set PAGER=less.
> thoughts?

I tend to think we shouldn't have a default .profile at all.  (I don't
use the default file, and I don't set PAGER in my own files.)   But I
see that it contains only PATH.

In general, I think people tend to configure dotfiles how they want
them, and that we should avoid changing defaults and imposing choices on
people.  Of course not setting things is a choice, but BSD systems have
a longstanding practice of following tradition when it's arguable.

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