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 79 is still a reasonable maximum.  AFAIK 80 columns is still a
pretty standard terminal window width, but if you try to print in the
last column you may get unexpected extra blank lines.

                        regards, tom lane

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