Re: psql wrapped format default for backslash-d commands

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>, Bryce Nesbitt <bryce2(at)obviously(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql wrapped format default for backslash-d commands
Date: 2008-05-13 15:47:58
Message-ID: 26372.1210693678@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> I think we can wrap if there is whitespace within a few characters
>> before the break point, and use a dash if we have to break a word. Is
>> that what people want?

> Ugh.

Inserting dashes would be a truly horrid idea: "ab" and "a-b" mean
quite different things within a function, for instance.

regards, tom lane

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