Re: new unicode table border styles for psql

2013/11/28 Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>

> On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 2:08 PM, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> wrote:
> > Now for the linestyles. I can see how some of them are attractive, but
> > several of them have poor aesthetics, I think. I don't see a reason to
> > accept 7 new styles just for fun. If I had to choose, I'd consider
> > -double1 and -double4 to be acceptable.
>
> I'm confused why we need ANY of these. What problem are we solving
> that the existing unicode style doesn't already solve? We could
> doubtless invent an infinite or at least very large number of
> plausible ways to border psql output, but I don't see that as
> something that has value.
>

It has primary aesthetic value - not much more (similar value has original
unicode border)

With this patch you can prepare a little bit nicer (plain text) reports
without using special software. And a implementation is really simply - so
it offer sympathetic benefit without any cost.

Regards

Pavel

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