If you think of bat as in the same category of functionality as a pager, I think it works.
Unlike cat, bat already seems deeply interested in the presentation of text on a terminal. Pagination involves several aspects of presentation of text on terminals. So, it's still arguably one thing from a conceptual perspective.
Not knowing much about bat (so I don't know how much this has already been thought of), I could even see bat and pager integrating in a way that you couldn't easily as separate programs. Supporting a feature where the opening lines of a paragraph, or a new section, are deferred to the next page, for example.
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If you think of bat as in the same category of functionality as a pager, I think it works.
Unlike cat, bat already seems deeply interested in the presentation of text on a terminal. Pagination involves several aspects of presentation of text on terminals. So, it's still arguably one thing from a conceptual perspective.
Not knowing much about bat (so I don't know how much this has already been thought of), I could even see bat and pager integrating in a way that you couldn't easily as separate programs. Supporting a feature where the opening lines of a paragraph, or a new section, are deferred to the next page, for example.