| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> |
| Cc: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2(at)obviously(dot)com>, heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: Proposed patch - psql wraps at window width |
| Date: | 2008-04-24 20:38:14 |
| Message-ID: | 200804242038.m3OKcEP23033@momjian.us |
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian escribi?:
> > Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > >
> > > I think it is best not to look at $COLUMNS at all. If the output is to a
> > > terminal, then use ioctl to query the terminal. And provide a \pset command
> > > to set a width explicitly, which can apply in all cases.
> >
> > Yes, that is pretty much what we have now, except we try for $COLUMNS if
> > ioctl() fails for interactive use.
>
> On what platforms does ioctl() fail?
I don't think Win32 supports it.
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