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Make help() beginner helpful when no PAGER or LESS variable #65824

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BPO 21625
Nosy @terryjreedy, @jcea, @nedbat, @stevendaprano, @bitdancer, @serhiy-storchaka, @eryksun, @ZackerySpytz, @nagarajan
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  • gh-65824: Improve help() when MANPAGER and PAGER variables are not set #21520
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    assignee = None closed_at = None created_at = <Date 2014-06-01.12:04:38.377> labels = ['type-feature', '3.8'] title = 'Make help() beginner helpful when no PAGER or LESS variable' updated_at = <Date 2020-07-18.16:49:12.756> user = 'https://github.com/nedbat'

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    activity = <Date 2020-07-18.16:49:12.756> actor = 'nagarajan' assignee = 'none' closed = False closed_date = None closer = None components = [] creation = <Date 2014-06-01.12:04:38.377> creator = 'nedbat' dependencies = [] files = [] hgrepos = [] issue_num = 21625 keywords = ['patch'] message_count = 9.0 messages = ['219497', '219516', '219520', '219547', '219566', '219595', '219596', '338493', '373909'] nosy_count = 9.0 nosy_names = ['terry.reedy', 'jcea', 'nedbat', 'steven.daprano', 'r.david.murray', 'serhiy.storchaka', 'eryksun', 'ZackerySpytz', 'nagarajan'] pr_nums = ['21520'] priority = 'normal' resolution = None stage = 'patch review' status = 'open' superseder = None type = 'enhancement' url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue21625' versions = ['Python 3.8']

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