Re: proposal: psql PSQL_TABULAR_PAGER variable

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Pavel Stehule <pavel(dot)stehule(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal: psql PSQL_TABULAR_PAGER variable
Date: 2019-04-18 15:58:13
Message-ID: 20190418155813.gpvp2zjr2m6dgkbn@momjian.us
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On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 05:45:24PM +0200, Pavel Stehule wrote:
> čt 18. 4. 2019 v 15:51 odesílatel Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> napsal:
> In testing pspg, it seems to work fine with tabular and \x-non-tabular
> data.  Are you asking for a pager option that is only used for non-\x
> display?  What do people want the non-pspg pager to do?
>
> My idea is following - pseudocode
>
> else /* for \h xxx */

Well, normal output and \x looks fine in pspg, and \h doesn't use the
pager unless it is more than one screen. If I do '\h *' it uses pspg,
but now often do people do that? Most \h display doesn't use a pager,
so I don't see the point.

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