Aidan Van Dyk wrote: -- Start of PGP signed section. > * Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [080424 14:37]: > > > I am confused exactly what people want changed in the patch. Some want > > no control over wrapping in file output, and others want $COLUMN to > > control column file output. The only person I am seeing code from is > > Greg Stark, but I think most don't want his changes. > > If I had to vote as as user, Greg's suggestion made the most sense to > me. It was a simple approach that I could easily understand, and easily > envision using with and without a pager. > > But basically, I pretty much *always* use a pager, having settled on > comfortable $LESS. > > That said, I really don't see myself using the wrapped format so maybe > my vote shouldn't count.
Greg's suggestion is to use $COLUMNS if the width can't be determined because the output is not directly to the screen. $COLUMNS is updated by many shells. The arguments I have heard are: o wrapped never affects file/pipe output o wrapped to file/pipe controlled only by \pset columns o wrapped to file/pipe controlled by $COLUMNS o wrapped to file/pipe controlled by \pset columns or $COLUMNS -- Bruce Momjian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers