Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.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 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 7: You can help support the PostgreSQL project by donating at http://www.postgresql.org/about/donate

Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@alvh.no-ip.org> writes: > Also it would rock if translation kept the alignment in various output. Theoretically the translators are supposed to do that already ... regards, tom lane ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 2: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster