Re: PGCOLOR? (Re: pgsql: Unified logging system for command-line programs)

On Tue, Apr 9, 2019 at 9:01 PM Christoph Berg <myon(at)debian(dot)org> wrote:
>
> Re: Peter Eisentraut 2019-04-09 <d483cdb6-db98-9b2f-7f2b-eed0f4bd975d(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
> > I'm okay with changing it. As you indicate, I chose the name so that it
> > doesn't look like a libpq variable. There are some other PG_ variables
> > throughout the code, but those appear to be mostly for internal use.
> > Also, there is GCC_COLORS, LS_COLORS, etc. But perhaps this wisdom will
> > be lost on users who just read the man page and get confused. ;-)
>
> Do we need two variables to control this? I was only looking at
> PG_COLOR, and noticed PG_COLORS only later. Keeping PG_COLORS aligned
> with {GCC,LS}_COLORS makes sense. How about removing PG_COLOR, and
> making "auto" the default? (Maybe we could still support "PG_COLORS=off")
>

I think the if we keep two variables user can set the same value to
both GCC_COLORS and PG_COLORS. Rather I think it's a problem that
there is no documentation of PG_COLORS. Thoughts?

Regards,

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