Re: psql \? help display

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > I promised to review our psql \? output to see if I could improve it,
> > particularly the "General" section at the top. Below are the results.
> >
> > Are the new sections ideal, and in the best ordering? Should \copyright
> > be kept in "General" at the top? Should \? be listed?
>
> Why do we have a section named "Copy, Large Objects"? It would seem to
> make sense to put the LO stuff on its own section.

OK, new version attached. I moved \copy into "External" and relabled
the section as just "Large Object" (singular?).

> > I also pulled up some descriptive text that caused the options to have
> > blank lines between them.
>
> It was like that to keep the alignment of descriptions. It's a
> judgement call of course, but personally I think the other way was
> better.

Yea, I looked at that and though the description on a new line was
clearer it was harder to see the options in one glance. Lack of line
breaks now makes the sections easier to identify.

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