From 6630b94145dfdd01b4fdbb8791b219d7325d9b1e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: wrmr
Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:10:00 -0400
Subject: combine both uses of less(1) into page_string(Str)

---
 main.c | 15 ++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 7e94c56..eae3605 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1269,12 +1269,15 @@ int load_config(Arena *perm, Arena *temp) {
 
 /* main */
 
-void view_long_help(void) {
+void page_string(Str txt) {
 	fini_curses();
-	FILE *f = popen("less", "w");
+	/* -c to prevent screen-not-fully-cleared weirdness */
+	FILE *f = popen("less -c", "w");
 	if (f) {
-		fputs(help_long, f);
+		fwrite(txt.s, 1, txt.n, f);
 		pclose(f);
+	} else {
+		log_err("failed to open less");
 	}
 	init_curses();
 }
@@ -1383,16 +1386,14 @@ resize:
 			gfx_load(&gfx, &posts, &gfx_arena);
 			break;
 		case 'v':
-			fini_curses();
-			system(cstr_fmt(&temp_arena, "less %s", posts.data[cur].path));
-			init_curses();
+			page_string(posts.data[cur].text);
 			break;
 		case 'i':
 			gfx_draw_user(posts.data[cur].user, &temp_arena);
 			(void)getch();
 			break;
 		case '?':
-			view_long_help();
+			page_string(str_from_cstr(help_long));
 			break;
 		}
 	}
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