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

Hello Tom,

Probably it needs some rebase after Tom committed result status variables.

As it is a style thing, ISTM that the patch is ready if most people agree
that it is better this way and there is no strong veto against.

FWIW, I think it's a bad idea.  We already nearly-doubled the vertical
space required for this variable list.  That was a heavy cost --- and we
already got at least one complaint about it --- but it seemed warranted
to avoid having to deal with very constrained variable descriptions.
This proposes to make the vertical space nearly triple what it was in v10.
In a typical-size window that's going to have a pretty severe impact on
how much of the list you can see at once.  And the readability gain is
(at least to my eyes) very marginal.

Ok, you do not like it. As Pavel said, it is subjective. When it is a matter of taste, people tend to differ, someone will always complain, one way or another, and they are neither right nor wrong.

So, is it a -1 or a veto?

If it is the later, the patch can be marked as "Rejected" and everybody will get more time for other things:-)

If it is a not a veto, people can continue to give their opinions. Personnally I'm fine with a pager, so vertical spacing is fine. I just do not like paging horizontally.