Re: proposal: psql PSQL_TABULAR_PAGER variable

čt 18. 4. 2019 v 17:58 odesílatel Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> napsal:

> 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.
>

It depends on terminal size. On my terminal pager is mostly every time. \?
is same.

pspg can works like classic pager, but it is not optimized for this
purpose.

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