Re: new unicode table border styles for psql - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Merlin Moncure
Subject Re: new unicode table border styles for psql
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Msg-id CAHyXU0x73Cm7qmmHDv7pn+EBEENwOLCsRuP=cdEYabNKeUqESQ@mail.gmail.com
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In response to Re: new unicode table border styles for psql  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On Fri, Nov 22, 2013 at 8:45 AM, Alvaro Herrera
<alvherre@2ndquadrant.com> wrote:
> Pavel Stehule escribió:
>
>> 2013/11/21 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
>
>> > Maybe make the border setting a string containing the various characters
>> > by index.  Then everyone can create their own crazy borders.
>> >
>> I seriously though about it, but not sure if it is good way.
>
> How about having a single "unicode" line style, and then have a
> different \pset setting to determine exactly what chars to print?  This
> wouldn't allow for programmability, but it seems better UI to me.
> This proliferation of unicode line style names seems odd.

That makes sense to me, especially if you could pass escapes.

merlin



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