Robert Treat wrote:
On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 14:51, Bruce Momjian wrote:
Good point. We modified 8.1 so backslash commands do not honor \x
because things like \d look silly in \x, but \df+ looks better with \x,
no question.
Ideally I think \x should allow three modes, on, off, and auto, with
auto doing \x if the row output is wider than the screen. If we had
this, backslash commands could be auto, or we can set all queries to
auto by default.
ISTM even a GUC to enable/disable would have been better scheme than
what we have now; we are basically leaving no options for those who
found the old behavior useful, while what we had before would at least
let people switch back and forth.
I think Robert is right here and the new behaviour is a step backwards.
Best Regards,
Michael Paesold
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