On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:52 AM, Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Now that psql '\pset format wrapped' is in CVS, we should consider when > we want to use 'wrapped' format by default. I think psql \df and \dT > certainly can benefit from wrapped mode. \df+ even displays, though > there is quite a bit of wrapping. >
I for one would definitely like backslash commands with very wide output to be wrapped by default. > The attached patch uses wrapped format for \d* output if the current > output format is 'aligned'. It certainly helps the \df and \dT because > those outputs have normally narrow values with a few wide values that > cause aligned output to be much too wide. The downside of the patch is > that you can no longer get 'aligned' output for \d* commands anymore > because there is no way to know if the user specified 'aligned' or if > they are just using the default. > Doesn't this suggest that we need an "auto" formatting mode which has the semantics "let psql decide what format mode I want"? Then the people who object to wrapped mode can just set formatting to aligned explicitly and be done with it. I seem to recall there was some discussion of an "auto" mode in the original wrapping thread, but if there was any meaningful conclusion I lost it in amongst the width detection flame war. Cheers, BJ -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
