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

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Terminal width for help output
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Msg-id 200711152102.lAFL2G604450@momjian.us
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In response to Terminal width for help output  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: Terminal width for help output  (Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut 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?

Yea, I went over with the pg_ctl --timeout parameter and had to trim a
little.  I would like us to keep it <80 myself.

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