Re: Proposal: new border setting in psql

D'Arcy J.M. Cain wrote:
> The problem with escaping is that someone may want this output for
> non-ReST purposes. They may not be making themselves known now but if
> we find a need later it will be hard if not impossible to make it
> available in a logical way. I would suggest that if we want actual
> ReST-safe output we should create a "border = 4" setting. The code
> changes would be minimal. All we need to do is check for a value of 4
> in addition to checking whether escaping is necessary.
>
> I would still like to see some sort of plugin system for psql that
> would allow filters to be created for output. That would make this
> entire discussion moot as each of us could write whatever filter worked
> for them. That's a bigger deal though.

Well, the way we do Html and LaTeX now is:

\pset format {html|latex}

so I assume ReST would be:

\pset format {html|latex|rest}

You can implement the user-visible, no-escaping version of ReST by using
border=3.

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