$ cat >> fakepager.py < import sys > for line in sys.stdin: > sys.stdout.write('paged! %r\n' % line) > EOF Enable ui.formatted because pager won't fire without it, and set up pager and tell it to use our fake pager that lets us see when the pager was running. $ cat >> $HGRCPATH < [ui] > formatted = yes > [extensions] > pager= > [pager] > pager = python $TESTTMP/fakepager.py > EOF $ hg init repo $ cd repo $ echo a >> a $ hg add a $ hg ci -m 'add a' $ for x in `python $TESTDIR/seq.py 1 10`; do > echo a $x >> a > hg ci -m "modify a $x" > done By default diff and log are paged, but summary is not: $ hg diff -c 2 --pager=yes paged! 'diff -r f4be7687d414 -r bce265549556 a\n' paged! '--- a/a\tThu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! '+++ b/a\tThu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! '@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@\n' paged! ' a\n' paged! ' a 1\n' paged! '+a 2\n' $ hg log --limit 2 paged! 'changeset: 10:46106edeeb38\n' paged! 'tag: tip\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 10\n' paged! '\n' paged! 'changeset: 9:6dd8ea7dd621\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 9\n' paged! '\n' $ hg summary parent: 10:46106edeeb38 tip modify a 10 branch: default commit: (clean) update: (current) phases: 11 draft We can enable the pager on summary: $ hg --config pager.attend-summary=yes summary paged! 'parent: 10:46106edeeb38 tip\n' paged! ' modify a 10\n' paged! 'branch: default\n' paged! 'commit: (clean)\n' paged! 'update: (current)\n' paged! 'phases: 11 draft\n' If we completely change the attend list that's respected: $ hg --config pager.attend-diff=no diff -c 2 diff -r f4be7687d414 -r bce265549556 a --- a/a Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/a Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ a a 1 +a 2 $ hg --config pager.attend=summary diff -c 2 diff -r f4be7687d414 -r bce265549556 a --- a/a Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 +++ b/a Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ a a 1 +a 2 If 'log' is in attend, then 'history' should also be paged: $ hg history --limit 2 --config pager.attend=log paged! 'changeset: 10:46106edeeb38\n' paged! 'tag: tip\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 10\n' paged! '\n' paged! 'changeset: 9:6dd8ea7dd621\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 9\n' paged! '\n' Possible bug: history is explicitly ignored in pager config, but because log is in the attend list it still gets pager treatment. $ hg history --limit 2 --config pager.attend=log \ > --config pager.ignore=history paged! 'changeset: 10:46106edeeb38\n' paged! 'tag: tip\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 10\n' paged! '\n' paged! 'changeset: 9:6dd8ea7dd621\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 9\n' paged! '\n' Possible bug: history is explicitly marked as attend-history=no, but it doesn't fail to get paged because log is still in the attend list. $ hg history --limit 2 --config pager.attend-history=no paged! 'changeset: 10:46106edeeb38\n' paged! 'tag: tip\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 10\n' paged! '\n' paged! 'changeset: 9:6dd8ea7dd621\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 9\n' paged! '\n' Possible bug: disabling pager for log but enabling it for history doesn't result in history being paged. $ hg history --limit 2 --config pager.attend-log=no \ > --config pager.attend-history=yes changeset: 10:46106edeeb38 tag: tip user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: modify a 10 changeset: 9:6dd8ea7dd621 user: test date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000 summary: modify a 9 Pager with color enabled allows colors to come through by default, even though stdout is no longer a tty. $ cat >> $HGRCPATH < [extensions] > color= > [color] > mode = ansi > EOF $ hg log --limit 3 paged! '\x1b[0;33mchangeset: 10:46106edeeb38\x1b[0m\n' paged! 'tag: tip\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 10\n' paged! '\n' paged! '\x1b[0;33mchangeset: 9:6dd8ea7dd621\x1b[0m\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 9\n' paged! '\n' paged! '\x1b[0;33mchangeset: 8:cff05a6312fe\x1b[0m\n' paged! 'user: test\n' paged! 'date: Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 1970 +0000\n' paged! 'summary: modify a 8\n' paged! '\n'