From: | "Joshua D(dot) Drake" <jd(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Terminal width for help output |
Date: | 2007-11-15 21:02:32 |
Message-ID: | 20071115130232.2fa951cb@scratch |
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:58:28 +0100
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> Do we care to maintain a maximum width for programs' --help output
> (and psql's \?)? I think 79 characters was once a recommendation (or
> perhaps 72), but we have a couple of violations either way, which I'd
> like to fix, but what to?
Why not just have the terminal control the wrap? It isn't just \? that
does it.
Sincerely,
Joshua D. Drake
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