Re: psql \? help display

From: Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)Sheeky(dot)Biz>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql \? help display
Date: 2008-05-13 16:42:07
Message-ID: 4829C4DF.2000808@Sheeky.Biz
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>>> I promised to review our psql \? output to see if I could improve it,
>>> particularly the "General" section at the top. Below are the results.
>>>
>>> Are the new sections ideal, and in the best ordering? Should \copyright
>>> be kept in "General" at the top? Should \? be listed?
>> Why do we have a section named "Copy, Large Objects"? It would seem to
>> make sense to put the LO stuff on its own section.
>
> OK, new version attached. I moved \copy into "External" and relabled
> the section as just "Large Object" (singular?).
>

I would think copy would fit better with i/o - basically a
subset/variation of \i
external is more for executing external code than importing data.

Yes singular - all the others are singular. If we go plural variable and
maybe connection would fit plural as well (or maybe after the multi
connection patch)?

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Shane Ambler
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