Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Greg's suggestion is to use $COLUMNS if the width can't be determined
> > because the output is not directly to the screen. ?$COLUMNS is updated
> > by many shells.
>
> I think it is best not to look at $COLUMNS at all. If the output is to a
> terminal, then use ioctl to query the terminal. And provide a \pset command
> to set a width explicitly, which can apply in all cases.
Yes, that is pretty much what we have now, except we try for $COLUMNS if
ioctl() fails for interactive use.
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