On Tue, 2005-10-25 at 14:51, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Good point. We modified 8.1 so backslash commands do not honor \x > because things like \d look silly in \x, but \df+ looks better with \x, > no question. > > Ideally I think \x should allow three modes, on, off, and auto, with > auto doing \x if the row output is wider than the screen. If we had > this, backslash commands could be auto, or we can set all queries to > auto by default. >
ISTM even a GUC to enable/disable would have been better scheme than what we have now; we are basically leaving no options for those who found the old behavior useful, while what we had before would at least let people switch back and forth. Robert Treat -- Build A Brighter Lamp :: Linux Apache {middleware} PostgreSQL ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster