Re: proposal: psql PSQL_TABULAR_PAGER variable

On Thu, Apr 18, 2019 at 11:46 AM Pavel Stehule <pavel.stehule@gmail.com> wrote:
> My idea is following - pseudocode
>
> if view is a table
> {
>   if is_defined PSQL_TABULAR_PAGER
>   {
>     pager = PSQL_TABULAR_PAGER
>   }
>   else if is_defined PSQL_PAGER
>   {
>     pager = PSQL_PAGER
>   }
>   else
>   {
>     pager = PAGER
>   }
> }
> else /* for \h xxx */
> {
>   if is_defined PSQL_PAGER
>   {
>     pager = PSQL_PAGER
>   }
>   else
>   {
>     pager = PAGER
>   }
>

Seems like pspg could just hand off to the regular pager if it
discovers that the input is not in a format it finds suitable.

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