OK, psql docs updated to remove mention of that problem.
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Tom Lane wrote:
> Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us> writes:
> > Does the new protocol fix the fact that psql \encoding doesn't see SET
> > CLIENT_ENCODING changes.
>
> regression=# \encoding
> SQL_ASCII
> regression=# set client_encoding TO unicode;
> SET
> regression=# \encoding
> UNICODE
> regression=#
>
> regards, tom lane
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