On 2000-02-06, Don Baccus mentioned:
> At 02:07 PM 2/6/00 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>
> >The suggestion I have is to offer the traditional behaviour with a single
> >-e flag, so there's little change for anyone switching from <7.0, and the
> >"full" echo mode with two -e flags. I'd then change the flags in the
> >regression drivers to -e -e. Comments? Better ideas?
>
> "-E"? Or another flag? I think "-e -e" is a real kludge. If I
You're ignoring that -E is already used. It would be my first choice as
well, but it's a compatibility break. How about -a ("all")?
> thought the full-echo mode were only useful for regression tests I wouldn't
> care, but I like the idea of a full echo and I'm sure others do, too, so
> I'd rather see it be receive full flag citizenship rather than the double
> "-e" bit.
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