Re: session username in default psql prompt? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: session username in default psql prompt?
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Msg-id CAD5tBcJ-HRptCtEeKPDPZE9e6V6WE4jF+iXq3hpAhs081aNoEg@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: session username in default psql prompt?  (Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl>)
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On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 9:14 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl> wrote:
On Mon, 25 Mar 2024 at 14:06, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 4:30 AM Jelte Fennema-Nio <postgres@jeltef.nl> wrote:
> > That problem seems easy to address by adding a newline into the
> > default prompt.
>
> Ugh. Please, no!

I guess it's partially a matter of taste, but personally I'm never
going back to a single line prompt. It's so nice for zoomed-in demos
that your SQL queries don't get broken up.


Very  much a matter of taste. I knew when I saw your suggestion there would be some kickback. If horizontal space is at a premium vertical space is doubly so, I suspect.

cheers

andrew

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