Re: psql wrapped format default for backslash-d commands

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > The idea would be for the dash to appear outside where normal data
> > appears:
> >
> > internal | RI_FKey_cas-| referential
> > ; cade_del ; integrity
> >
> > If we don't allow a dash, I think wrapping on word boundaries will be
> > impossible because we can't guarantee no word breaks, and I think if we
> > sometimes word break we had better indicate that somehow.
>
> I think the behaviour would be better if we were able to only break on
> words, and make columns wider on those where words wouldn't fit.

Consider \df, where a few of the function names are pretty long;
preventing wrapping of those would seriously limit the usefulness of
wrapping mode.

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