Re: [HACKERS] Proposed patch - psql wraps at window width - Mailing list pgsql-patches

Gregory Stark wrote:
> "Alvaro Herrera" <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:

> > I think that could be fixed easily by having the syntax be something
> > like
> >
> > \pset format aligned:80
> > \pset format aligned:autowrap
>
> I suppose. It seems kind of inconvenient though, what advantage does it have?

Over what?

I think having a separate "\pset format wrapped" does not make much
sense.  The fact that it's wrapped is not a new format in itself, just a
property of the aligned format.

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