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Changes for version 0.20

  • Fixed bug #74691, add File::Which as dependency / skip test if missing
  • Fixed non-TTY/redirection behavior and added corresponding test
  • Improve buffering sistuation in both ::Buffered and ::Unbuffered
  • Auto-gensym scalar filehandles like perl's open
  • Add OO interface
  • Add alternate pagers 'lv', 'pg', and system default '/etc/alternatives/pager' (bug# 74519)
  • Add tests for initialization failure conditions (9-open.t)

Modules

Select a pager and pipe text to it if destination is a TTY
Pipe deferred output to PAGER if destination is a TTY
Emulate IO::Page, pipe STDOUT to a pager if STDOUT is a TTY
Pipe output to PAGER if destination is a TTY