Re: [RFC] column: show auto columns when pager is active

["Martin Ågren" <martin.agren@gmail.com>]

On 10 October 2017 at 16:01, Jeff King <peff@peff.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 10, 2017 at 12:30:49PM +0200, Martin Ågren wrote:
>> On 9 October 2017 at 23:45, Kevin Daudt <me@ikke.info> wrote:
>> > Since ff1e72483 (tag: change default of `pager.tag` to "on",
>> > 2017-08-02), the pager has been enabled by default, exposing this
>> > problem to more people.
>>
>> Oh. :( I didn't know about "column" to be honest.
>
> Yeah, I didn't think of that with respect to the pager. This is a
> regression in v2.14.2, I think.

Yes.

>> In any case, it might make sense to test an
>> actual use-case also. Of course, the code should be largely the same,
>> but in builtin/tag.c, it's quite important that `setup_auto_pager()`
>> and `finalize_colopts()` are called in the right order.
>
> I think it might work out either way. If we have started the pager when
> we finalize_colopts(), then the pager_in_use() bit will kick in. If we
> haven't, then either:
>
>   1. stdout is a tty, and we'll kick in the auto behavior for columns,
>      and then later for the pager.
>
>   2. stdout isn't a tty, in which case we also won't kick in the pager.

Right you are.