From cffacad306c11f8d64208cf96e45be5df7f83759 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefan Kunkel <stefan.kunkel@tngtech.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2020 10:16:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] make bat -L use pager

---
 CHANGELOG.md        |  1 +
 src/bin/bat/main.rs | 27 ++++++++++++++-------------
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index dc655216..28a78f34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 
 ## Features
+- make `bat -L` use built-in pager 
 
 ## Bugfixes
 
diff --git a/src/bin/bat/main.rs b/src/bin/bat/main.rs
index cb50a84f..61c2a87a 100644
--- a/src/bin/bat/main.rs
+++ b/src/bin/bat/main.rs
@@ -78,7 +78,9 @@ fn get_syntax_mapping_to_paths<'a>(
     map
 }
 
-pub fn list_languages(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
+pub fn get_languages(config: &Config) -> Result<String> {
+    let mut result: String = String::new();
+
     let assets = assets_from_cache_or_binary()?;
     let mut languages = assets
         .syntaxes()
@@ -119,12 +121,9 @@ pub fn list_languages(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
         }
     }
 
-    let stdout = io::stdout();
-    let mut stdout = stdout.lock();
-
     if config.loop_through {
         for lang in languages {
-            writeln!(stdout, "{}:{}", lang.name, lang.file_extensions.join(","))?;
+            result += &format!("{}:{}\n", lang.name, lang.file_extensions.join(","));
         }
     } else {
         let longest = languages
@@ -145,7 +144,7 @@ pub fn list_languages(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
         };
 
         for lang in languages {
-            write!(stdout, "{:width$}{}", lang.name, separator, width = longest)?;
+            result += &format!("{:width$}{}", lang.name, separator, width = longest);
 
             // Number of characters on this line so far, wrap before `desired_width`
             let mut num_chars = 0;
@@ -156,20 +155,20 @@ pub fn list_languages(config: &Config) -> Result<()> {
                 let new_chars = word.len() + comma_separator.len();
                 if num_chars + new_chars >= desired_width {
                     num_chars = 0;
-                    write!(stdout, "\n{:width$}{}", "", separator, width = longest)?;
+                    result += &format!("\n{:width$}{}", "", separator, width = longest);
                 }
 
                 num_chars += new_chars;
-                write!(stdout, "{}", style.paint(&word[..]))?;
+                result += &format!("{}", style.paint(&word[..]));
                 if extension.peek().is_some() {
-                    write!(stdout, "{}", comma_separator)?;
+                    result += &format!("{}", comma_separator);
                 }
             }
-            writeln!(stdout)?;
+            result += "\n";
         }
     }
 
-    Ok(())
+    Ok(result)
 }
 
 fn theme_preview_file<'a>() -> Input<'a> {
@@ -248,8 +247,10 @@ fn run() -> Result<bool> {
             let config = app.config(&inputs)?;
 
             if app.matches.is_present("list-languages") {
-                list_languages(&config)?;
-                Ok(true)
+                let languages: String = get_languages(&config)?;
+                let inputs: Vec<Input> = vec!(Input::from_reader(Box::new(languages.as_bytes())));
+                let config = app.config(&inputs)?;
+                run_controller(inputs, &config)
             } else if app.matches.is_present("list-themes") {
                 list_themes(&config)?;
                 Ok(true)