Re: Proposed patch - psql wraps at window width

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Aidan Van Dyk <aidan(at)highrise(dot)ca>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Gregory Stark <stark(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>, Brendan Jurd <direvus(at)gmail(dot)com>, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2(at)obviously(dot)com>, heikki(at)enterprisedb(dot)com
Subject: Re: Proposed patch - psql wraps at window width
Date: 2008-04-24 20:23:22
Message-ID: 200804242223.25671.peter_e@gmx.net
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Greg's suggestion is to use $COLUMNS if the width can't be determined
> because the output is not directly to the screen.  $COLUMNS is updated
> by many shells.

I think it is best not to look at $COLUMNS at all. If the output is to a
terminal, then use ioctl to query the terminal. And provide a \pset command
to set a width explicitly, which can apply in all cases.

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