Re: [BUGS] Bug #718: request for improvement of /? to show

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Harald Armin Massa <ghum(at)gmx(dot)net>, PostgreSQL-patches <pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [BUGS] Bug #718: request for improvement of /? to show
Date: 2002-12-10 23:06:54
Message-ID: 200212102306.gBAN6s022316@candle.pha.pa.us
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OK, new output attached. Does the HTML section look silly now with only
two entries?

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Ian Barwick wrote:
> On Tuesday 10 December 2002 22:25, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Here is a new psql \? output format that I would like to add for 7.4.
> > It follows Harald Armin's suggested reformatting, which you can see
> > below.
> >
> > Should I also reorder the psql manual page to match? I find the
> > grouping much easier to review.
>
> Me too. Suggestion: of the \pset options, only "tableattr" (corresponding to
> "\T") exclusively affects HTML output (I think) - "\pset" would belong better
> under "Formatting". "\C" on the other hand is also non-HTML specific
> (corresponds to "\pset title" ).
>
> Ian Barwick
> barwick(at)gmx(dot)net
>
> > Formatting
> > \x toggle expanded output (currently off)
> > \a toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode
> > \f [STRING] show or set field separator for unaligned query output
> > \t show only rows (currently off)
> > \echo [STRING] write string to standard output
> > \qecho [STRING] write string to query output stream (see \o)
> >
> > HTML Output
> > \H toggle HTML output mode (currently off)
> > \C [STRING] set table title, or unset if none
> > \T [STRING] set HTML <table> tag attributes, or unset if none
> > \pset NAME [VALUE] set table output option
> > (NAME := {format|border|expanded|fieldsep|null|recordsep|
> > tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})
>
>
>

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