Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-19 Thread Sam Mason
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 06:56:06PM -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > 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

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-19 Thread Guillaume Lelarge
Alvaro Herrera a écrit : > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> 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

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-16 Thread Bruce Momjian
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 \?)?

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-16 Thread Jonah H. Harris
On Nov 15, 2007 4:56 PM, Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: > > 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

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > 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? 79 is perfect IMHO. It would

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Tom Lane
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 7

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Bruce Momjian wrote: Peter Eisentraut wrote: 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? Yea,

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Tom Lane
Alvaro Herrera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also it would rock if translation kept the alignment in various output. Theoretically the translators are supposed to do that already ... regards, tom lane ---(end of broadcast)--

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-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 recomme

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > 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? Yea, I went over with the pg_c

Re: [HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Joshua D. Drake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:58:28 +0100 Peter Eisentraut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 co

[HACKERS] Terminal width for help output

2007-11-15 Thread Peter Eisentraut
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? -- Peter Eisentraut http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/