Re: proposal: psql concise mode - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Robert Haas
Subject Re: proposal: psql concise mode
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Msg-id CA+Tgmobts6SpmQ0xV1RsRQ-rcqPsqDVHPVdCoG2wc5Dvxv0Qdg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: proposal: psql concise mode  (Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com>)
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Re: proposal: psql concise mode
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On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 11:01 PM, Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> wrote:
> What really prompted the proposal was my somewhat antiquated use of
> 80-column terminal windows (so that 2 or 3 fit side-by-side
> comfortably on my screen). A lot of the backslash commands are
> creeping well over that 80-column limit, even with the most basic of
> outputs, and I find the default line-wrapping hard to follow. And I'd
> bet that the use of column comments and column statistics targets, for
> example, are quite rare -- and that's almost 30 columns of horizontal
> space lost for the common case of \d+ tablename.

Yeah, I've noticed that, too.  OTOH, the regular old \d output, as
opposed to \d+, still fits fairly well.  Mostly.  So I'm managing.

But I can't help feeling that as we continue to add more features,
we've eventually going to end up with our backs to the wall.  Not sure
what to do about that, but...

-- 
Robert Haas
EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com
The Enterprise PostgreSQL Company


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