Re: .psqlrc output for \pset commands

Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:
>
> > In my .psqlrc I have:
> >
> > \pset format wrapped
> >
> > and this outputs this on psql startup:
> >
> > $ psql test
> > --> Output format is wrapped.
> > psql (8.4devel)
> > Type "help" for help.
> >
> > Is this desirable? \set QUIET at the top of .psqlrc fixes it, but I am
> > wondering if we should be automatically doing quiet while .psqlrc is
> > processed.
>
> I was wondering about this myself, but I'm still not used to the new banner.
> It seems kind of... curt. Perhaps it should just be a single line instead of
> two lines both around 20 characters...
>
> Anyways the thing that struck me as odd was the messages appearing *before*
> the header. It seems to me the header should print followed by .psqlrc output
> followed by normal output.

Do you like this better?

$ psql test
psql (8.4devel)
Type "help" for help.
Output format is wrapped.

test=>

The attached patch accomplishes this.

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