Re: psql \G command -- send query and output using extended format - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
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> On Thu, Apr 03, 2008 at 12:07:54PM -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > Alternating between formats using "\x" is, at least for me, a bit
> > > cumbersome: usually _after_ I wrote a query I realize "it would
> > > look more readable in expanded format", which is a bit too late.
> > > So I run the query, ctrl+c, \x, rerun the query... and forget to
> > > turn expanded mode off afterwards.
> > 
> > It seems more helpful if there were \x option to use extended format
> > only when the output is too wide.  TODO already has:
> 
> I was thinking that maybe \x should have a one-shot mode, i.e.
> 
> \x <query>
> 
> does it only for this one statement. It would solve the OPs problem.

But break for others who want all output \x.

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