Re: psql: \pset pager 'always'?

antti(dot)haapala(at)iki(dot)fi (Antti Haapala) writes:

> I don't know if this is already done, but...
>
> I'm really annoyed by that little 'feature' of psql that decides whether
> to use pager or not. I personally use GNU 'less' with options -S -F as my
> pager, which allows me to scroll vertically AS WELL AS horizontally on
> long input. So a "use pager always" option with no strange automagic
> behaviour would be nice. Or do you consider this being readable (copyed
> verbatim from terminal window):

Yes, I'd like to second that.

My ugly workaround when I need to have less invoked (so I can scroll
sideways) and the result set it small (in rows), I make my window very
small (vertically), run the query, then stretch it out again.

- Justin

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