Re: Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-08 Thread Robert Haas
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Jeff Janes writes: >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: >>> If you're fixing the dashed-line code, is there a way to say that we >>> never have more than a reasonable

Re: Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-08 Thread David G. Johnston
On Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 12:36 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > > Jeff Janes writes: > >> On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > >>> If you're fixing the

Re: Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-08 Thread Jim Nasby
On 12/8/15 1:36 PM, Robert Haas wrote: Your point is also valid, so I don't mean to detract from that. But the status quo is definitely annoying. +1, and I even use -S. -- Jim Nasby, Data Architect, Blue Treble Consulting, Austin TX Experts in Analytics, Data Architecture and PostgreSQL Data

Re: Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-03 Thread Jeff Janes
On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 7:59 PM, David Fetter wrote: > On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 10:36:56PM -0500, Josh Berkus wrote: >> On 12/02/2015 05:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> > Don't think I agree. Suppose that you have a wider-than-screen table >> > and you use a pager to scroll left and

Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-02 Thread Jeff Janes
Sorry, I initially responded only to Josh. Forwarding to list: On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: > On 12/01/2015 11:20 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Notice that the dashed lines go all the way to the right margin of my >> 80-column terminal window, even though

Re: Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-02 Thread Tom Lane
Jeff Janes writes: > On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM, Josh Berkus wrote: >> If you're fixing the dashed-line code, is there a way to say that we >> never have more than a reasonable number of dashes (ideally, the width >> of the terminal) no matter how

Re: Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-02 Thread David Fetter
On Wed, Dec 02, 2015 at 10:36:56PM -0500, Josh Berkus wrote: > On 12/02/2015 05:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > > Don't think I agree. Suppose that you have a wider-than-screen table > > and you use a pager to scroll left and right in that. If we shorten the > > dashed lines, then once you scroll to

Re: Fwd: [HACKERS] Another little thing about psql wrapped expanded output

2015-12-02 Thread Josh Berkus
On 12/02/2015 05:24 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Don't think I agree. Suppose that you have a wider-than-screen table > and you use a pager to scroll left and right in that. If we shorten the > dashed lines, then once you scroll to the right of wherever they stop, > you lose that visual cue separating