Re: Terminal width for help output

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Terminal width for help output
Date: 2007-11-15 21:07:10
Message-ID: 473CB4FE.2040804@dunslane.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
>> Do we care to maintain a maximum width for programs' --help output (and psql's
>> \?)? I think 79 characters was once a recommendation (or perhaps 72), but we
>> have a couple of violations either way, which I'd like to fix, but what to?
>>
>
> Yea, I went over with the pg_ctl --timeout parameter and had to trim a
> little. I would like us to keep it <80 myself.
>
>

+1. wrapping is annoying.

cheers

andrew

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