Re: explain output infelicity in psql

Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> 
> 
> Tom Lane wrote:
> > regression=# select
E'xxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\nxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> >     as a, 1 as b;
> >                           a                           | b 
> > ------------------------------------------------------+---
> >  xxxxxxx                                             +| 1
> >  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx                  +| 
> >  xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx | 
> > (1 row)
> >
> > regression=# 
> >
> > The point here is exactly that previous versions didn't show the
> > distinction well.
> >
> >             
> >   
> 
> If we really want to make linefeeds visible, I think we should place the 
> indicators immediately after the character preceding the line feed, not 
> next to the column separator.

One idea would be to change the column _separator_ for newlines --- that
way, they don't show up for single-column output.

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