Re: Transaction status in default psql prompt?

Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > If you take a close look at the output above, you will see that the
> > prompt shifts one character to the right when you are in a transaction. 
> > That is going to look terrible.
> 
> It didn't look so bad to me.  But anyway, what the %T indicator should
> look like is an orthogonal discussion from whether it should be in the
> default prompt, no?

Yes, I like the transaction status being the default prompt, but I don't
like the prompt shifting.  Remember guys who have the current directory
in their prompt --- the thing bounces around all over the place.

Maybe a natural indenting of the transaction commands will look good ---
I don't know, but I think we should look at it before making the
decision on the default appearance.

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