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| author | Frank LENORMAND <lenormf@gmail.com> | 2016-10-11 14:40:20 +0300 |
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| committer | Frank LENORMAND <lenormf@gmail.com> | 2016-10-11 14:40:20 +0300 |
| commit | b0d8e1a23051598f41b186c55ea321ea271be570 (patch) | |
| tree | a8b9582a4a55955f3698e60488282bb8cf891869 | |
| parent | 9848e1f4babfd33593c81e10cc62a69e39330261 (diff) | |
Answer the pager question in the FAQ document
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc b/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc index ca7f5b4a..42c5980d 100644 --- a/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc +++ b/doc/manpages/faq.asciidoc @@ -46,7 +46,12 @@ report the issue on the bug tracker). Can I use Kakoune as a pager ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -. +Kakoune can be used as a pager, either by setting the `EDITOR` environment +variable to `kak`, or by writing data directly to its standard input using a +shell pipeline. However, since the program relies on several heavy dynamic +libraries (`boost` being one of them), it will be slightly less pratical +than other regular pagers (such as `less` or `more`) which have a minimal +amount of runtime dependencies. Are there any non-console based frontends available ? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |