Re: psql expanded auto - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Chris Browne
Subject Re: psql expanded auto
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Msg-id 874oacyor5.fsf@cbbrowne.afilias-int.info
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In response to psql expanded auto  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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peter_e@gmx.net (Peter Eisentraut) writes:
> I have often found myself wanting that psql automatically switch between
> normal and \x mode depending on the width of the output.  Would others
> find this useful?

I haven't tested the patch, but that *does* sound generally useful.
It's no fun trying to get one's eyes to visually line up output that
spans 3 lines...
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