Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: This makes all the \dX commands (most importantly to most: \df) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: This makes all the \dX commands (most importantly to most: \df)
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Msg-id 200901070013.n070DOE12418@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: This makes all the \dX commands (most importantly to most: \df)  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: This makes all the \dX commands (most importantly to most: \df)  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
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Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> On Tue, 2009-01-06 at 19:06 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> > OK, done (below).  'list' seems kind of redundant.  Can we factor that
> > out somehow?
> > 
> >     Informational
> >       Modifiers: S = show system objects  + = Additional detail
> >       \l[+]                 list all databases
> >       \d[S+]                list tables, views, and sequences
> >       \d[S+]   NAME         describe table, view, sequence, or index
> >       \da[S]   [PATTERN]    list aggregate functions
> >       \db[+]   [PATTERN]    list tablespaces
> >       \dc[S]   [PATTERN]    list conversions
> >       \dC      [PATTERN]    list casts
> >       \dd      [PATTERN]    show comment for object
> 
> Per offline comments my thoughts were something like:
> 
> Informational: S = show system objects  + = Additional detail
> Display:

I don't like the "Display:" here because it mimicks the heading above
it.

>   \l[+]                all databases
>   \d[S+]               tables, views, and sequences
>   \d[S+]   NAME        describe table, view, sequence, or index
>   \da[S]   [PATTERN]   aggregate functions
>   \db[+]   [PATTERN]   tablespaces
>   \dc[S]   [PATTERN]   conversions
>   \dC      [PATTERN]   casts
>   \dd      [PATTERN]   show comment for object
>   \dd[S]   [PATTERN]   comments on objects

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