Faster way to view PKGBUILD, etc. on first install

[xsrvmy]

Is there a faster way to view the PKGBUILD on the first install (eg. showing diff against an empty file like yay does)? Going into edit and then hitting :q takes way too many key presses.

[akspecs]

i replied via email, but that reply is not showing up for some reason. forgive the duplicate reply if that message eventually comes up!

pikaur handles future updates to packages (installed by pikaur) by showing the future version's PKGBUILD and relevant install files diff's against the prior PKGBUILD and install files.

perhaps a nice to have feature would be to have the option to pipe the PKGBUILD's contents through less if the goal is to only view the PKGBUILD without editing it.

and with a few more keystrokes you might be able to submit the pull request that accomplishes exactly this ;)

[xsrvmy]

I think there's a misunderstanding here. I was talking about the first install, where unlike yay and paru, pikaur shows the diff as nothing instead of the entire file. I think the current behaviour is fine for updates.

[actionless]

i think it could be new config option added for choosing alternative command for viewing file for the first time (if it's not set - normal editor logic should be executed) - so people could choose cat, less, more or whatever

[akspecs]

pikaur handles future updates to packages (installed by pikaur) by showing the future version's PKGBUILD and relevant install files diff's against the prior PKGBUILD and install files. perhaps a nice to have feature would be to have the option to pipe the PKGBUILD's contents through less if the goal is to only view the PKGBUILD without editing it. and with a few more keystrokes you might be able to submit the pull request that accomplishes exactly this ;)