| From: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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| To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
| Cc: | pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Terminal width for help output |
| Date: | 2007-11-15 21:04:46 |
| Message-ID: | 23741.1195160686@sss.pgh.pa.us |
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Do we care to maintain a maximum width for programs' --help output (and psql's
> \?)? I think 79 characters was once a recommendation (or perhaps 72), but we
> have a couple of violations either way, which I'd like to fix, but what to?
I think 79 is still a reasonable maximum. AFAIK 80 columns is still a
pretty standard terminal window width, but if you try to print in the
last column you may get unexpected extra blank lines.
regards, tom lane
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