| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2(at)obviously(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com |
| Subject: | Re: Proposed patch - psql wraps at window width |
| Date: | 2008-05-06 01:40:36 |
| Message-ID: | 200805060140.m461ea606807@momjian.us |
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
> > Are others OK with $COLUMNS controlling screen output and file/pipe, or
> > perhaps COLUMNS controlling only file/pipe, as GNU ls does? I have
> > heard a few people say they only want \pset columns to control
> > file/pipe.
>
> I agree with the latter. Anyone who is setting COLUMNS is going to set
> it to reflect the *screen* width they want; it has zero to do with
> what should happen for output going somewhere else than the screen.
OK, that's what I thought, and what I think Peter wants, and what the
posted patch does.
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