Re: BUG #11986: psql uses pager inside Emacs shell buffer (not a terminal) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

'bruce@momjian.us' wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 03:48:45AM +0000, Ed Avis wrote:
> > >A truly dumb terminal would be where you'd need a pager the most
> >
> > That is true but how many are using teletypes these days?  If the
> > terminal type is 'dumb' that indicates for sure that some other
> > program is processing the output. Nobody is running psql inside a
> > terminal which is truly bereft of cursor movement commands - except
> > perhaps on Windows, which can be detected separately.
>
> Many shell scripts run from cron have a 'dumb' terminal value.

Surely you don't want pagers running there either ...

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