> It doesn't matter how it is done, check_com() should be used when it's
> needed. And if I recall the place we are talking about correctly, it
> *is* needed.
I guess, you're right. After more thinking about it, one can just not
be sure $PAGER^Wthe corresponding program is available on the
particular machine. Hence it's sane to check for it.

Thanks for making me think more about such things. (o;

Kind regards,
z3ttacht