Bruce Momjian wrote: > Greg's suggestion is to use $COLUMNS if the width can't be determined > because the output is not directly to the screen. $COLUMNS is updated > by many shells.
I think it is best not to look at $COLUMNS at all. If the output is to a terminal, then use ioctl to query the terminal. And provide a \pset command to set a width explicitly, which can apply in all cases. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
