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Tom Lane wrote:
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<pre wrap="">Bruce Momjian <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E"
href="mailto:bruce(at)momjian(dot)us"><bruce(at)momjian(dot)us></a> writes:
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<pre wrap="">Now that psql '\pset format wrapped' is in CVS, we should consider when
we want to use 'wrapped' format by default.
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After experimenting for a bit, I'd say "never". This output format is
extremely ugly. Maybe if it had enough smarts not to break in the
middle of words ...
regards, tom lane
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Yet, wrapped is the same as aligned, if the lines fit!<br>
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Ugly to wrap? Yes.<br>
Uglier than the sea of pipes you get when aligned output wraps itself?<br>
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Well I suppose you have to pick your preferred version of ugly. I find
it very hard to line up columns when presented with a sea of pipes,
and highly annoying to constantly adjust my window width to see a
query, especially if only one or two rows are too large.<br>
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-Bryce<br>
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PS: it is true, I don't like the missing | bars on the current
version. I prefer that the grid cells be fully drawn, even if the
contents don't fill the box
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