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Advantages of a "pager" as a library: Make everything easily configurable: custom header and footer messages, keybindings Bidirectional communication: send events like "terminal resize" or key presses back to the application to trigger a redraw or other actions. A few advantages if we would use a builtin pager in : Have one consistent pager experience across all operating systems. No need to call external programs that might not be available. No special handling / bug fixing for different versions of . Consistent "quit if one screen" handling (#860, #1000, #717, #710, #681, #520, #415, #312, #271, #519, #376, #887, #943, #838, …) Handling of terminal resize events (#294, #322, #921, #1009) Open editor with a key press (#358, #464, #528, #697) Possibility to always draw the header at the top of the screen, even when scrolling down (#908) Builtin support (#457, #808) Special handling for multiple files? (press 'n' to go to the next file) Error handling: we could print errors/warnings in the footer of the pager, instead of in the background (#946) Better 'tab' handling (#980, #894) Handling of ANSI hyperlinks (#961) Disable style components via keypress. For example: switch off the side bar with a keypress - for easy copy&paste.

and commands for forwards/backwards search n and N for forwards/backwards jumping through results.