Re: Proposed patch - psql wraps at window width

Bruce Momjian wrote:

> interactive mode.  In fact, it is hard to justify our current
> interactive behavior of a row just overflowing the screen width and
> moving to the next line.  We have gotten used to it, but it is certainly
> not very user-friendly.

+1

> 
> We have discussed having a formatting mode where aligned output switches
> to expanded output when the row is too wide.  One idea would be to
> create an 'auto' mode that would display in aligned, or wrapped if that
> doesn't fit, or expanded if that doesn't fit.
> 
> However, this idea really doesn't help us with the file/pipe idea.  One
> crazy idea would be for formatting to take two values, like:
> 
>     \pset formatting wrapped aligned

IMO we should never wrap file or pipe output. Once it leaves psql, it 
should be up to whatever you pushed it through (file/pipe/script) to 
handle formatting.

Sincerely,

Joshua D. Drake