Andrew Dunstan wrote > On 11/13/2014 11:09 AM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Andrew Dunstan <
> andrew@ > > writes: >>> I often get annoyed because psql is a bit too aggressive when it decides >>> whether to put output through the pager, and the only way to avoid this >>> is to turn the pager off (in which case your next query might dump many >>> thousands of lines to the screen). I'd like a way to be able to specify >>> a minumum number of lines of output before psql would invoke the pager, >>> rather than just always using the terminal window size. >> Are you saying you'd want to set the threshold to *more* than the window >> height? Why? > > > Because I might be quite happy with 100 or 200 lines I can just scroll > in my terminal's scroll buffer, but want to use the pager for more than > that. This is useful especially if I want to scroll back and see the > results from a query or two ago. +1 David J. -- View this message in context: http://postgresql.nabble.com/controlling-psql-s-use-of-the-pager-a-bit-more-tp5826819p5826833.html Sent from the PostgreSQL - hackers mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
