Re: psql output change in 9.4

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql output change in 9.4
Date: 2014-08-11 17:52:59
Message-ID: 25860.1407779579@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 9:34 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
>> What is the point of that change?

> I think the output could justly be criticized for making it
> insufficiently clear that the parenthesized text is, in fact, the name
> of the pset parameter.

Quite; that wasn't apparent to me either.

> We could write something like:
> Border style (parameter "border") is 1.

How about

Border style (\pset border) is 1.

regards, tom lane

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