Hi! >>> I also find this annoying and would be happy to be rid of it. >> >> Have you tried "\pset format wrapped"? Pavel suggested it, and it >> solved most of the problem for me, for example. > > Yes, but it changes the data line output. Ideally, you should be able > to modify these independently.
I agree, and I think this can be implemented, but I'm a bit afraid of introducing an additional psql option (there's already quite a lot of them). I suspect primary PostgreSQL maintainers won't be happy with such an approach.
it can be a fully new format - designed for simple copy from terminal. Some like
