DVTM-PAGER(1)

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version 0.15+40.g311a8c0 · 5 versions
, in ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble

💖 DVTM-PAGER 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the dvtm-pager page from the General Commands Manual — section 1, obviously. it's a lil helper script with main character energy and honestly? it's giving tiny-but-essential. let's get into it 🫶

✨ NAME ✨

dvtm-pager — the way it picks the perfect pager for dvtm 💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

dvtm-pager ARGS...

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dvtm-pager is this utility that the dvtm(1) terminal multiplexer calls in to show off its scrollback history — and it picks a suitable pager to do it. no cap, that's the whole job. it's the backstage manager of your scrollback. 👑

the pager it invokes is expected to display whatever data gets sent to its standard input. and heads up — that data stream might contain ANSI color escape sequences, so if your pager isn't here for the rainbow, that's a you problem, not a dvtm-pager problem. 🌈

every single command line argument gets forwarded verbatim. like, character for character, no edits, no notes. and here's the cute part: dvtm(1) uses that to adjust the initial view port by passing +n — which means the start of line n should be displayed. so it can scroll you right to the good part. obsessed. ✨

🎀 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🎀

dvtm-pager goes hunting for your preferred pager by checking these variables in order, like a lil priority queue of pager opinions:

  • DVTM_PAGER — this one lets you invoke a pager that's specific to dvtm, or set particular flags, such as -R for less(1). iykyk 💜
  • PAGER — the fallback, the default pager, the reliable bestie. if DVTM_PAGER said nothing, this one steps up. 🫶

and if none of these variables are set? no worries babe, less(1) gets used. periodt. 💅

🌟 SEE ALSO 🌟

👑 AUTHOR 👑

dvtm is written by Marc André Tanner <mat at brain-dump.org> 💖

💌 a lil sign-off 💌

this page is from dvtm version 0.15+40.g311a8c0-1build1, dated January 03, 2017. iconic, historic, and still slaying. go read your scrollback, bestie 🌸🦋✨

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