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

On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 6:01 AM, Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 1:54 PM, David G. Johnston
> <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 27, 2016 at 9:13 PM, Michael Paquier <
> michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 9:34 AM, David G. Johnston
> >> <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> >> > So how about:
> >> >
> >> > + snprintf(title, strlen(myopt.title) + 50,
> >> > + _("Watch every %lds\t%s\t%s"),
> >> > + sleep, head_title, asctime(localtime(&timer)));
> >>
> >> I would just keep the timestamp and the title separated so what do you
> >> think about that instead?
> >> Watch every Xs $timestamp
> >> $head_title
> >
> >
> > That works. I like having the title immediately above the table.
> >
> > The other option that came to mind would be to place the time information
> > after the table display while leaving the title before it. On an output
> > that requires more vertical space than is available in the terminal one
> > would no longer have to scroll up to confirm last execution time. If
> doing
> > this I'd probably get rid of any logic that attempts to center the time
> > information on the table and simply leave it left-aligned.
>
> OK, attached is an updated patch. How does that look?
>
>
Could you run the following and post the result, please? I have yet to
setup a compiled-from-source installation...

\pset title 'This is a medium length title'
SELECT repeat('a', 100) \watch 5

It seems fine though I'm curious how it plays with various combinations of
narrow and wide outputs on narrow and wide terminals - specifically the
centering​

​aspect that occurs when the table is wider than the Watch/Time content.
The terminal width should just cause wrapping relative to a wide-enough
terminal so really it just the centering aspect when the table is wider
than the header.

​Thanks!

David J.​