From 087a5f6444fbadc0048d8cc395c479985408f1a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stan Ulbrych <89152624+StanFromIreland@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Mar 2026 18:23:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] `_pyrepl/pager.py`: call `less` with `--clear-screen`
 (#146382)

---
 Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py b/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py
index 1fddc63e3ee3ad..92afaa5933a225 100644
--- a/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py
+++ b/Lib/_pyrepl/pager.py
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ def pipe_pager(text: str, cmd: str, title: str = '') -> None:
         '.'
         '?e (END):?pB %pB\\%..'
         ' (press h for help or q to quit)')
-    env['LESS'] = '-RmPm{0}$PM{0}$'.format(prompt_string)
+    env['LESS'] = '-RcmPm{0}$PM{0}$'.format(prompt_string)
     proc = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdin=subprocess.PIPE,
                             errors='backslashreplace', env=env)
     assert proc.stdin is not None