Hello,
I came across the following help message added in commit 1a759c83278:
+ HELP0(" WATCH_INTERVAL\n"
+ " number of seconds \\watch by default waits between executing the query buffer\n");
It took me a little while to understand it. I read "executing the
query buffer" as referring to executions of the query buffer, which
clarified that the wait occurs between each execution.
> number of seconds \\watch waits by default between executions of the query buffer
I’m just wondering if the message might be worth revising. If it’s
already clear enough, please feel free to disregard this.
I'm on board with tweaking this.
default number of seconds \watch waits after each execution.
Requires changing \watch:
- Wait the specified number of seconds (default 2) between executions.
+Wait the specified number of seconds (default 2) after each execution.
The fragment "of the query buffer" can be omitted from the description for watch_interval to match up with the wording in \watch.
The manual too would be updated:
- This variable sets the default interval which \watch waits between executing the query.
+This variable sets the default interval \watch waits after each query execution.
(Removing "which" should be considered regardless; tongue-twister and not all that sure it is grammatically correct or necessary.)
I'm guess I'm ok with the second sentence there; but all it is doing is explain how defaults work...
Specifying an interval in the command overrides this variable.
David J.
