Re: [BUGS] Bug #718: request for improvement of /? to show /d+ /l+

On Tuesday 10 December 2002 22:25, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Here is a new psql \? output format that I would like to add for 7.4.
> It follows Harald Armin's suggested reformatting, which you can see
> below.
>
> Should I also reorder the psql manual page to match? I find the
> grouping much easier to review.

Me too. Suggestion: of the \pset options, only "tableattr" (corresponding to
"\T") exclusively affects HTML output (I think) - "\pset" would belong better
under "Formatting". "\C" on the other hand is also non-HTML specific
(corresponds to "\pset title" ).

Ian Barwick
barwick(at)gmx(dot)net

> Formatting
> \x toggle expanded output (currently off)
> \a toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode
> \f [STRING] show or set field separator for unaligned query output
> \t show only rows (currently off)
> \echo [STRING] write string to standard output
> \qecho [STRING] write string to query output stream (see \o)
>
> HTML Output
> \H toggle HTML output mode (currently off)
> \C [STRING] set table title, or unset if none
> \T [STRING] set HTML <table> tag attributes, or unset if none
> \pset NAME [VALUE] set table output option
> (NAME := {format|border|expanded|fieldsep|null|recordsep|
> tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})