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Per discussion on -hackers, this patch changes psql's "expanded" output

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mode to only affect the presentation of normal query results, not the
output of psql slash commands. Documentation updated. I also made
some unrelated minor psql cleanup. Per suggestion from Stuart Cooper.
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Neil Conway
2005-06-13 06:36:22 +00:00
parent 8c05ca7754
commit 077811605e
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doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml
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<!--
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.143 2005/06/13 02:40:08 neilc Exp $
$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.144 2005/06/13 06:36:22 neilc Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<term><option>--expanded</></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Turn on the extended table formatting mode. This is equivalent to the
command <command>\x</command>.
Turn on the expanded table formatting mode. This is equivalent to the
<command>\x</command> command.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@ -1389,7 +1389,7 @@ lo_import 152801
<literal>aligned</literal>, <literal>html</literal>,
<literal>latex</literal>, or <literal>troff-ms</literal>.
Unique abbreviations are allowed. (That would mean one letter
is enough.)
is enough.)
</para>
<para>
@ -1429,10 +1429,13 @@ lo_import 152801
<listitem>
<para>
Toggles between regular and expanded format. When expanded
format is enabled, all output has two columns with the column
name on the left and the data on the right. This mode is
useful if the data wouldn't fit on the screen in the normal
<quote>horizontal</quote> mode.
format is enabled, query results are displayed in two
columns, with the column name on the left and the data on
the right. This option only affects how normal query results
are displayed; the output of <application>psql</application>
meta-commands is always presented using the regular
format. This mode is useful if the data wouldn't fit on the
screen in the normal <quote>horizontal</quote> mode.
</para>
<para>
@ -1722,7 +1725,7 @@ lo_import 152801
<term><literal>\x</literal></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Toggles extended table formatting mode. As such it is equivalent to
Toggles expanded table formatting mode. As such it is equivalent to
<literal>\pset expanded</literal>.
</para>
</listitem>