Re: psql wrapped format default for backslash-d commands

Aidan Van Dyk wrote:
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> * Brendan Jurd <direvus@gmail.com> [080509 14:43]:
> > On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Alvaro Herrera
> > <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> > > Brendan Jurd escribi?:
> > >> I for one would definitely like backslash commands with very wide
> > >> output to be wrapped by default.
> > >
> > > (At least) one place where I would not like it is in \df+, because
> > > wrapped function output would be more difficult to read.
> > >
> > 
> > I am a bit conflicted about wrapping on \df.  I agree that wrapped
> > function code is difficult to read, but what we've got now is
> > difficult to read too.  Which of the two is more difficult is really a
> > matter of personal taste.  I guess with \df you have to accept that
> > it's always going to be ugly, unless you have a very wide terminal (or
> > very short function definitions!).
> 
> Isn't that what $PAGER is for?
> 
> $PAGER is the main reason why *I* don't want the wrapped format.

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