Re: Proposed patch - psql wraps at window width

"Bruce Momjian" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> writes:

> My point is that we should do what most people _expect_, and the
> majority of people here have stated they don't think wrap should modify
> the file output _by_ _default_.
>
> People who want a specific width for files should be setting their
> desired width themselves, hence no need for the '79' default.

Consider that this means that

psql -Pformat=wrapped -e 'select * from tab'

and

psql -Pformat=wrapped -e 'select * from tab' | more

will generate different output. That's bunk.

This is what I mean about trying to guess about what users expect. If you come
up with complicated logic trying to anticipate every case and get it wrong
users get angry.

If you just have simple rules which always apply then users understand they
they need to override them for their corner cases.

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