Re: terminal with horizontal scrollbar

From: Manuel Sugawara <masm(at)fciencias(dot)unam(dot)mx>
To: Hugo Coolens <hugo(dot)coolens(at)skynet(dot)be>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: terminal with horizontal scrollbar
Date: 2002-03-01 23:46:44
Message-ID: m38z9b97h7.fsf@dep4.fciencias.unam.mx
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Hugo Coolens <hugo(dot)coolens(at)skynet(dot)be> writes:

> When using select in psql for tables with a lot of columns, I often get
> rows which wrap at the right side of the screen to the next row, this
> makes the columns into a mess. It would be nice to have a terminal
> (something like rxvt or xterm) which allows horizontal scrolling. Does
> anyone know of such a terminal program?

use less instead of more and in your envirmoent set the variable LESS
to "-S", see less(1).

Regards,
Manuel.

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