Re: Terminal width for help output - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: Terminal width for help output
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Msg-id 20071115130232.2fa951cb@scratch
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In response to Terminal width for help output  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 21:58:28 +0100
Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> wrote:

> Do we care to maintain a maximum width for programs' --help output
> (and psql's \?)?  I think 79 characters was once a recommendation (or
> perhaps 72), but we have a couple of violations either way, which I'd
> like to fix, but what to?

Why not just have the terminal control the wrap? It isn't just \? that
does it. 

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake 


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