Document a workaround for using custom pagers on Windows #4941
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This makes it possible to pass it to an external diff command that is used like a pager. An example for this can be seen in the added documentation in the next commit.
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Add merge menu with conflict resolver by [@​lmnek](https://github.com/lmnek) in [#​4889](jesseduffield/lazygit#4889) - When entering a commit in path filtering mode, select the filtered path by [@​stefanhaller](https://github.com/stefanhaller) in [#​4942](jesseduffield/lazygit#4942) - Document a workaround for using custom pagers on Windows by [@​stefanhaller](https://github.com/stefanhaller) in [#​4941](jesseduffield/lazygit#4941) - Show "Log (x of y)" in the title bar when there is more than one branch log command by [@​stefanhaller](https://github.com/stefanhaller) in [#​4943](jesseduffield/lazygit#4943) - Support multiple pagers by [@​stefanhaller](https://github.com/stefanhaller) in [#​4953](jesseduffield/lazygit#4953) - Add config option gui.skipSwitchWorktreeOnCheckoutWarning by [@​stefanhaller](https://github.com/stefanhaller) in [#​4964](jesseduffield/lazygit#4964) - Add no-ff merge option by [@​stefanhaller](https://github.com/stefanhaller) in [#​4966](jesseduffield/lazygit#4966) ##### Fixes 🔧 - 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Custom pagers are not supported on Windows, because using a pager in git requires the git command to run in a PTY, but the PTY package we are using doesn't support Windows.
However, there's a workaround to use a custom pager by using a Powershell script configured as an external diff command. Document this in the
Custom_Pagers.mddocument, and export aLAZYGIT_COLUMNSenvironment variable to allow such scripts to work better.