Re: Updated backslash consistency patch - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Updated backslash consistency patch
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Msg-id 20081107231404.GL5507@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Re: Updated backslash consistency patch  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
> > 3. the help.c patch breaks alignment of the help output.  I think the
> > best way to fix it would be to change [PATTERN] into something shorter
> > like [PAT] and add a mention to that in the first line, something like
> 
> I'd rather stick with [PATTERN].  Can't we just add more spaces to keep
> all the descriptions aligned?

Yes, but it shortens the available space for all the texts (which could
cause some of them to become two lines, but I didn't check) and it means
the translations have to be updated.

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Alvaro Herrera                                http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.


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