Re: explain output infelicity in psql

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.

cheers

andrew