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

On 2019-06-06 11:08, Masahiko Sawada wrote:
> 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?

It looks like there is documentation for PG_COLORS in the release notes
now, which seems like an odd place. Suggestions for a better place?

And any more opinions for PG_COLORS vs PGCOLORS naming?

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