I've got a patch to psql that offers a "no wider than terminal" option,
patched against cvs head. Would anyone be willing to test this before I
submit the patch?
# \pset format aligned-wrapped
# \pset border 2
# select * from distributors order by did;
Word wrap debug: rows=11 terminal=66 total_w=108
Max= 8 18 56 13
Avg= 2 11 17 0
+-----+-------------------+----------------------+---------------+
| did | name | descr | long_col_name |
+-----+-------------------+----------------------+---------------+
| 5 | Food Heaven | default | |
| 10 | Lah | default | |
| 3 | Cat Food Heaven 3 | default | |
| 4 | Cat Food Heaven 4 | default | |
| 2 | Cat Food Heaven 2 | abcdefghijklmnopqrst : |
| | | uvwxyz | |
| 289 : short name | short | |
| 287 : | | |
| 32 | | | |
| 99 | Tab \x09 tab | -- | |
| 6 | multiwrap | line oneeeeeeeeeeeee : |
| | | eeeeeeeeeeeee | |
| | | line two | |
| | | line threeeeeeeeeeee : |
| | | eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee : |
| | | eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee | |
+-----+-------------------+----------------------+---------------+
(9 rows)