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+# DP: pydoc: use the pager command if available.
+
+Index: b/Lib/pydoc.py
+===================================================================
+--- a/Lib/pydoc.py
++++ b/Lib/pydoc.py
+@@ -1439,6 +1439,8 @@ def getpager():
+ return plainpager
+ if sys.platform == 'win32':
+ return lambda text: tempfilepager(plain(text), 'more <')
++ if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('(pager) 2>/dev/null') == 0:
++ return lambda text: pipepager(text, 'pager')
+ if hasattr(os, 'system') and os.system('(less) 2>/dev/null') == 0:
+ return lambda text: pipepager(text, 'less')
+