Remove automatic pager functionality

README.md

@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ A Psalm of David.
         He makes me lie down in green pastures....
 ```
 
-If the requested passage is over 32 lines long, `esv` will pipe it through
-a pager (default less). The pager being used can be changed through the
-`ESV_PAGER` environment variable or just disabled altogether by passing the
--P option.
-
 The names of Bible books are not case sensitive, so John, john, and JOHN
 are all accepted.
 
@@ -63,11 +58,6 @@ $ make
 # make install
 ```
 
-<!--
-By default the configure script looks for ldc and dmd in your PATH
-and optimises the command-line arguments based on the compiler.
--->
-
 ## Documentation
 
 All documentation is contained in the manual pages. To access them, you can run

config.di

@@ -7,10 +7,8 @@ public:
 enum DEFAULT_APIKEY     = "abfb7456fa52ec4292c79e435890cfa3df14dc2b";
 enum DEFAULT_CONFIGPATH = "~/.config/esv.conf";
 enum DEFAULT_MPEGPLAYER = "mpg123";
-enum DEFAULT_PAGER      = "less";
 
 enum ENV_CONFIG = "ESV_CONFIG";
-enum ENV_PAGER  = "ESV_PAGER";
 enum ENV_PLAYER = "ESV_PLAYER";
 
 enum BUGREPORTURL = "https://codeberg.org/jtbx/esv/issues";

esv.1

@@ -24,14 +24,6 @@ to fast-forward, etc. Read about the
 .Fl C
 option in mpg123's manual for more information.
 .Pp
-If a text passage is too long for standard display on a terminal,
-.Nm
-will put it through a text pager (default less) in order for you to be able to
-scroll through the text. This behaviour can be disabled by passing
-the
-.Fl P
-flag.
-.Pp
 The options are as follows:
 .Bl -tag -width keyword
 .It Fl a
@@ -59,9 +51,6 @@ as the maximum line length.
 Exclude verse numbers.
 .It Fl n
 Include verse numbers (the default).
-.It Fl P
-If the passage is over 32 lines long, don't
-pipe it into a pager.
 .It Fl R
 Exclude passage references.
 .It Fl r
@@ -73,11 +62,6 @@ Print the version number and exit.
 .It Ev ESV_CONFIG
 Where to read the configuration file, rather than using the default location (see section
 .Sx FILES ) .
-.It Ev ESV_PAGER
-What pager to use when the passage is over 32 lines long, rather than using
-the
-.Ic less
-utility.
 .It Ev ESV_PLAYER
 What MP3 player to use for playing audio, rather than using mpg123.
 Using mpg123 is recommended over other players such as mpv, because

esv.d

@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ bool   fFlag, FFlag; /* footnotes */
 bool   hFlag, HFlag; /* headings */
 int    lFlag;        /* line length */
 bool   nFlag, NFlag; /* verse numbers */
-bool   PFlag;        /* disable pager */
 bool   rFlag, RFlag; /* passage references */
 string sFlag;        /* search passages */
 bool   VFlag;        /* show version */
@@ -79,11 +78,8 @@ main(string[] args)
 bool
 run(string[] args)
 {
-	ushort lines;
 	string apiKey;
 	string configPath;
-	string pager;
-	string verses;
 	Ini iniData;
 	ESVApi esv;
 
@@ -98,7 +94,6 @@ run(string[] args)
 			"H", &HFlag, "h", &hFlag,
 			"l", &lFlag,
 			"N", &NFlag, "n", &nFlag,
-			"P", &PFlag,
 			"R", &RFlag, "r", &rFlag,
 			"s", &sFlag,
 			"V", &VFlag,
@@ -126,7 +121,7 @@ run(string[] args)
 	}
 
 	if (args.length < 3) {
-		stderr.writefln("usage: %s [-aFfHhNnPRrV] [-C config] [-l length] [-s query] book verses", args[0].baseName());
+		stderr.writefln("usage: %s [-aFfHhNnRrV] [-C config] [-l length] [-s query] book verses", args[0].baseName());
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -259,35 +254,7 @@ key = %s
 	if (RFlag) esv.opts.b["include-passage-references"] = false;
 	if (lFlag != 0) esv.opts.i["line-length"] = lFlag;
 
-	verses = esv.getPassage(args[1].parseBook(), args[2]);
+	writeln(esv.getPassage(args[1].parseBook(), args[2]));
-	foreach (string line; verses.splitLines())
-		++lines;
-
-	/* If the passage is very long, pipe it into a pager */
-	if (lines > 32 && !PFlag) {
-		import std.process : pipeProcess, Redirect, wait, ProcessException;
-
-		pager = environment.get(ENV_PAGER, DEFAULT_PAGER);
-		try {
-			auto pipe = pipeProcess(pager, Redirect.stdin);
-			pipe.stdin.writeln(verses);
-			pipe.stdin.flush();
-			pipe.stdin.close();
-			pipe.pid.wait();
-		} catch (ProcessException e) {
-			enforce(e.msg.matchFirst(regex("^Executable file not found")).empty,
-				format!"%s: command not found"(e.msg
-					.matchFirst(": (.+)$")[0]
-					.replaceFirst(regex("^: "), "")
-				));
-
-			throw new Exception(e.msg); /* catch-all */
-		}
-
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	writeln(verses);
 	return true;
 }