failed to write to pager: exec: "PAGER_PATH": executable file not found in $PATH about cheat HOT 7 OPEN

I actually found a workaround, which is to edit :
~/.config/cheat/conf.yml

and set a pager: as described in the comment:

# Through which pager should output be piped?
# 'less -FRX' is recommended on Unix systems
# 'more' is recommended on Windows
- pager: PAGER_PATH
+ pager: less -FRX

But thought it would be interesting to report.

Is it just my machine where PAGER_PATH is not defined by default?
Or should cheat have a default value there?

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Hi, @adrienthiery

Thanks for the bug report, and I'm sorry for the embarrassingly long delay in getting back to you.

If by chance you remember, do you know if you ran the "installer" after installing via brew? If you did not have a config file present on your machine, you should have been prompted with the following:

A config file was not found. Would you like to create one now? [Y/n]

If you choose n there, I believe you'd encounter the problem that you've described.

For context, PAGER_PATH is a template literal that is replaced by the installer:
https://github.com/cheat/cheat/blob/master/internal/installer/run.go#L29

You're correct that editing the configuration file by hand will solve the problem.

As an aside, if you're wondering why the default isn't less or more or something, that used to be the case, but I've found that neither is available on all supported platforms, so I think we might be stuck with the correct (admittedly cumbersome) solution.

Sorry once again for the delay. Thanks.

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I'm going to close this for now to remove noise from the issue-tracker, but please feel free to re-open it if you think there's more to discuss. Thanks.

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I do think I used brew to install, but I don't remember a prompt.
But I did have a conf file, so maybe there was a bug during install that omitted the PAGER_PATH replacement?

Anyway, it's been working well ever since :)

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But I did have a conf file, so maybe there was a bug during install that omitted the PAGER_PATH replacement?

It's entirely possible. I vaguely remember having installer issues a while ago.

Anyway, it's been working well ever since :)

Glad to hear! I'll consider this solved for now, but I'll keep an eye open for similar issues in the future.

Thanks!

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I just had this happen on macOS (with cheat installed via homebrew some time ago). I did just upgrade to Sonoma, but that may be unrelated. Editing conf.yml manually as described above fixed the issue. Looks like the template literals weren't replaced by the installer or were reinstalled during an update.

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@4rc0s, thanks for the input. I've re-opened the issue.

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