Re: [HACKERS] psql: new help related to variables are not too readable

On 2017-09-08 06:09, Pavel Stehule wrote:

Hi

Now the output looks like:

  AUTOCOMMIT
    if set, successful SQL commands are automatically committed
  COMP_KEYWORD_CASE
    determines the case used to complete SQL key words
    [lower, upper, preserve-lower, preserve-upper]
  DBNAME
    the currently connected database name

[...]

What do you think about using new line between entries in this format?

  AUTOCOMMIT
    if set, successful SQL commands are automatically committed

  COMP_KEYWORD_CASE
    determines the case used to complete SQL key words
    [lower, upper, preserve-lower, preserve-upper]

  DBNAME
    the currently connected database name

I dislike it, it takes more screen space and leads to unneccessary scroll-need.

The 9.6.5 formatting is/was:

  AUTOCOMMIT         if set, successful SQL commands are automatically committed
  COMP_KEYWORD_CASE  determines the case used to complete SQL key words
                     [lower, upper, preserve-lower, preserve-upper]
  DBNAME             the currently connected database name
[...]
  PGPASSWORD         connection password (not recommended)
  PGPASSFILE         password file name
  PSQL_EDITOR, EDITOR, VISUAL
                     editor used by the \e, \ef, and \ev commands
  PSQL_EDITOR_LINENUMBER_ARG
                     how to specify a line number when invoking the editor
  PSQL_HISTORY       alternative location for the command history file

I would prefer to revert to that more compact 9.6-formatting.

Erik Rijkers