Decide whether to use_pager as early as possible,

in preparation for pledge(2); no functional change intended.

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index a1eca5e7..4c7137cf 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -289,6 +289,11 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (outmode == OUTMODE_FLN ||
+	    outmode == OUTMODE_LST ||
+	    !isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
+		use_pager = 0;
+
 	/* Parse arguments. */
 
 	if (argc > 0) {
@@ -420,9 +425,6 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (search.argmode == ARG_FILE && ! moptions(&options, auxpaths))
 		return (int)MANDOCLEVEL_BADARG;
 
-	if (use_pager && ! isatty(STDOUT_FILENO))
-		use_pager = 0;
-
 	curp.mchars = mchars_alloc();
 	curp.mp = mparse_alloc(options, curp.wlevel, mmsg,
 	    curp.mchars, defos);