# DP: pydoc: use the pager command if available. Index: b/Lib/pydoc.py =================================================================== --- a/Lib/pydoc.py +++ b/Lib/pydoc.py @@ -1395,6 +1395,8 @@ def getpager(): return plainpager if sys.platform == 'win32' or sys.platform.startswith('os2'): return lambda text: tempfilepager(plain(text), 'more <') + if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('(pager) 2>/dev/null') == 0: + return lambda text: pipepager(text, 'pager') if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('(less) 2>/dev/null') == 0: return lambda text: pipepager(text, 'less')