ls | delta --paging=auto --pager="less --version" | cat
is less's version output.
But the output is normal if the command is
ls | delta --paging=never --pager="less --version" | cat
Expectation
--paging=auto should not page if the output is not a TTY. This is very standard for many tools, e.g. grep --color=auto does not color when non-TTY, same for fd, git does not use pager when non-TTY. I understand the auto probably factors in input line count, but I think it should factor the output as well. Or at least describe explicitly what it does in docs. Because the current state is very misleading and the only implicit indication of what auto really does was https://dandavison.github.io/delta/environment-variables.html#pager-environment-variables.
Anyway, thanks for making delta! Despite this small problem, it works very well and I love it!
Description
Output of
is less's version output.
But the output is normal if the command is
Expectation
--paging=autoshould not page if the output is not a TTY. This is very standard for many tools, e.g.grep --color=autodoes not color when non-TTY, same forfd, git does not use pager when non-TTY. I understand the auto probably factors in input line count, but I think it should factor the output as well. Or at least describe explicitly what it does in docs. Because the current state is very misleading and the only implicit indication of whatautoreally does was https://dandavison.github.io/delta/environment-variables.html#pager-environment-variables.Anyway, thanks for making delta! Despite this small problem, it works very well and I love it!