On Tue, Mar 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM Kyotaro Horiguchi <horikyota....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello, > > I came across the following help message added in commit 1a759c83278: > > + HELP0(" WATCH_INTERVAL\n" > + " number of seconds \\watch by default waits between > executing the query buffer\n"); > > It took me a little while to understand it. I read "executing the > query buffer" as referring to executions of the query buffer, which > clarified that the wait occurs between each execution. > > > number of seconds \\watch waits by default between executions of the > query buffer > > I’m just wondering if the message might be worth revising. If it’s > already clear enough, please feel free to disregard this. > > I'm on board with tweaking this. default number of seconds \watch waits after each execution. Requires changing \watch: - Wait the specified number of seconds (default 2) between executions. +Wait the specified number of seconds (default 2) after each execution. The fragment "of the query buffer" can be omitted from the description for watch_interval to match up with the wording in \watch. The manual too would be updated: - This variable sets the default interval which \watch waits between executing the query. +This variable sets the default interval \watch waits after each query execution. (Removing "which" should be considered regardless; tongue-twister and not all that sure it is grammatically correct or necessary.) I'm guess I'm ok with the second sentence there; but all it is doing is explain how defaults work... Specifying an interval in the command overrides this variable. David J.