Re: psql expanded auto

From: Chris Browne <cbbrowne(at)acm(dot)org>
To: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql expanded auto
Date: 2010-12-17 23:15:58
Message-ID: 874oacyor5.fsf@cbbrowne.afilias-int.info
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peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net (Peter Eisentraut) writes:
> I have often found myself wanting that psql automatically switch between
> normal and \x mode depending on the width of the output. Would others
> find this useful?

I haven't tested the patch, but that *does* sound generally useful.
It's no fun trying to get one's eyes to visually line up output that
spans 3 lines...
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