[bug #68112] Pager no longer working under Windows

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Follow-up Comment #8, bug #68112 (group octave):


> But it disables the pager in the GUI
Does that also apply to Linux / MacOS, or only on Windows?
What was the original thought at the time for maybe disabling it in the GUI?
No idea if it is a big loss.  On my Win10 PCs I see a vertical scrollbar both
in the GUI and in the CLI, so as far as pager-less (no pun intended)
functionality goes there's not much difference.  But after a long session it
can be harder to scroll just a few screens back.

I remember that I used the pager especially for scrolling function help texts.
 These days they can more easily be read in the doc browser (also callable
from the CLI); more and more packages have Qt help texts as well.

Hopefully in the new-to-come terminal pane the pager can be revived, if it is
still deemed to be useful there.


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