Joshua D. Drake wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 16:04:46 -0500 > Tom Lane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > 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? > > > > I think 79 is still a reasonable maximum. AFAIK 80 columns is still a > > pretty standard terminal window width, but if you try to print in the > > last column you may get unexpected extra blank lines. > > O.k. this might be offtopic if it is feel free to smack me... but I > have noticed that psql really breaks on terminals that are wide.. \df > works fine, but \df+ is completely broke. > > Can't we just ask the terminal?
Peter is talking about --help text that is hard-coded into the binary, meaning you don't run it through some filter before output. -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://postgres.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
