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

On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 9:03 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> "David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> > On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 8:14 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >> 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.
>
> You speak as though the title will be chosen without any regard for the
> context it's used in, which I rather doubt. Wouldn't people pick the
> title for a \watch query so that it fits? (In any case they could
> force the issue by including a \n in their title...)
>
>
​True that.

​I don't have a strong opinion either way. Having a single, condensed,
title line would be nice though using two in order to not be cryptic has
its own appeal.

David J.