From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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To: | Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca> |
Cc: | Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: psql wrapped format default for backslash-d commands |
Date: | 2008-05-09 20:51:17 |
Message-ID: | 200805092051.m49KpH328771@momjian.us |
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Aidan Van Dyk wrote:
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> * Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com> [080509 14:43]:
> > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> > <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> wrote:
> > > Brendan Jurd escribi?:
> > >> I for one would definitely like backslash commands with very wide
> > >> output to be wrapped by default.
> > >
> > > (At least) one place where I would not like it is in \df+, because
> > > wrapped function output would be more difficult to read.
> > >
> >
> > I am a bit conflicted about wrapping on \df. I agree that wrapped
> > function code is difficult to read, but what we've got now is
> > difficult to read too. Which of the two is more difficult is really a
> > matter of personal taste. I guess with \df you have to accept that
> > it's always going to be ugly, unless you have a very wide terminal (or
> > very short function definitions!).
>
> Isn't that what $PAGER is for?
>
> $PAGER is the main reason why *I* don't want the wrapped format.
Not all pagers scroll width-wise --- in fact I thought most didn't.
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