Re: psql \? help display - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: psql \? help display
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Msg-id 20080513152210.GF6966@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to psql \? help display  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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Bruce Momjian wrote:
> I promised to review our psql \? output to see if I could improve it,
> particularly the "General" section at the top.  Below are the results.
> 
> Are the new sections ideal, and in the best ordering?  Should \copyright
> be kept in "General" at the top?  Should \? be listed?

Why do we have a section named "Copy, Large Objects"?  It would seem to
make sense to put the LO stuff on its own section.

> I also pulled up some descriptive text that caused the options to have
> blank lines between them.

It was like that to keep the alignment of descriptions.  It's a
judgement call of course, but personally I think the other way was
better.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
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