Peter Eisentraut wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > 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. > > I think it is best not to look at $COLUMNS at all. If the output is to a > terminal, then use ioctl to query the terminal. And provide a \pset command > to set a width explicitly, which can apply in all cases.
Yes, that is pretty much what we have now, except we try for $COLUMNS if ioctl() fails for interactive use. -- 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
