No difference at all. Line breaks are exactly as on screen (looks more crazy in email with non-fixed-with font) But really, linebreak betwwen "Zug" and "riffsrechte", and cutting between "=c/pos" and "tgres" postgres=# \l Liste der Datenbanken Name | Eigentümer | Kodierung | Collation | Ctype | Zug riffsrechte -----------+------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------------+------- ---------------- ibox | ibox | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | postgres | postgres | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | template0 | postgres | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | =c/pos tgres : postgr es=CTc/postgres template1 | postgres | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | =c/pos tgres : postgr es=CTc/postgres (4 Zeilen) postgres=# \pset format wrapped Ausgabeformat ist »wrapped«. postgres=# \l Liste der Datenbanken Name | Eigentümer | Kodierung | Collation | Ctype | Zug riffsrechte -----------+------------+-----------+-----------------+-----------------+------- ---------------- ibox | ibox | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | postgres | postgres | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | template0 | postgres | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | =c/pos tgres : postgr es=CTc/postgres template1 | postgres | UTF8 | German, Germany | German, Germany | =c/pos tgres : postgr es=CTc/postgres (4 Zeilen) Harald On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 14:11, Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Harald Armin Massa wrote: >> Hello, >> >> testing / using PostgreSQL 8.4, I queried the list of databases via >> >> \l in psql >> >> I get information about name, owner, coding, Collation, Ctype and >> access rights. Which wraps right in the middle of "ctype", as >> collation and ctype both are "German, Germany" >> >> As a result: this basic information command is rather unreadable with >> only 80chars. > > You might try the new psql option: > > \pset format wrapped > > to see if it looks better. > > -- > Bruce Momjian <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> http://momjian.us > EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com > > + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + > -- GHUM Harald Massa persuadere et programmare Harald Armin Massa Spielberger Straße 49 70435 Stuttgart 0173/9409607 no fx, no carrier pigeon - EuroPython 2009 will take place in Birmingham - Stay tuned! -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general