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## Paging
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## Paging
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When showing long output in the terminal, hledger will try to use
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When showing long output in the terminal, hledger will try to use
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the pager specified by the `$PAGER` environment variable, otherwise `less`, otherwise `more`.
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the pager specified by the `PAGER` environment variable, or `less`, or `more`.
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(A pager is a helper program that shows one page at a time rather than scrolling everything off screen).
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(A pager is a helper program that shows one page at a time rather than scrolling everything off screen).
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Currently it does this only for help output, not for reports; specifically,
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Currently it does this only for help output, not for reports; specifically,
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- when listing commands, with `hledger`
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- when listing commands, with `hledger`
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- when showing help with `hledger [CMD] --help`,
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- when showing help with `hledger [CMD] --help`,
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- when viewing manuals with `hledger help` or `hledger* --man`.
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- when viewing manuals with `hledger help` or `hledger --man`.
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Note the pager is expected to handle ANSI codes, which hledger uses eg for bold emphasis.
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Note the pager is expected to handle ANSI codes, which hledger uses eg for bold emphasis.
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For the common pager `less` (and its `more` compatibility mode),
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For the common pager `less` (and its `more` compatibility mode),
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we add `R` to `$LESS` and `$MORE` environment variables to make this work.
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we add `R` to the `LESS` and `MORE` environment variables to make this work.
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If you use a different pager, you might need to configure it yourself to avoid seeing junk on screen
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If you use a different pager, you might need to configure it similarly, to avoid seeing junk on screen (let us know).
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(let us know so we can improve this).
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Otherwise, you can set the `NO_COLOR` environment variable to 1 to disable all ANSI output (see [Colour](#colour)).
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Otherwise, you can set the `$NO_COLOR` environment variable to 1 to disable all ANSI output
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(see [Colour](#colour)).
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## Debug output
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## Debug output
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