Re: Request - repeat value of \pset title during \watch interations

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:36 AM, David G. Johnston
> > <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> When executing a query using \watch in psql the first execution of the
> query
> >> includes "Title is [...]" when \pset title is in use. Subsequent
> executions
> >> do not. Once that first display goes off-screen the information in the
> >> title is no longer readily accessible. If using \watch for a
> long-running
> >> monitoring query it can be helpful to incorporate some context
> information
> >> into the title.
>
> > Yeah, this sounds like a good idea to show it at each iteration if the
> > title is set.
>
> Perhaps we should replace the "Watch every Ns" text by the user-given
> title if a title has been set? That would conserve screen space.
>

​The extra line doesn't both me and given the length of the timestamp I
suspect many titles would cause the combined line length to exceed terminal
width and cause wrapping anyway. In my specific case it would though I am
using an abnormally narrow width.

David J.
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