Aidan Van Dyk wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > * Brendan Jurd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080509 14:43]: > > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Alvaro Herrera > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brendan Jurd escribi?: > > >> I for one would definitely like backslash commands with very wide > > >> output to be wrapped by default. > > > > > > (At least) one place where I would not like it is in \df+, because > > > wrapped function output would be more difficult to read. > > > > > > > I am a bit conflicted about wrapping on \df. I agree that wrapped > > function code is difficult to read, but what we've got now is > > difficult to read too. Which of the two is more difficult is really a > > matter of personal taste. I guess with \df you have to accept that > > it's always going to be ugly, unless you have a very wide terminal (or > > very short function definitions!). > > Isn't that what $PAGER is for? > > $PAGER is the main reason why *I* don't want the wrapped format.
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