Gregory, >> $COLUMNS was not set at all ... guess that is a usual >environment >> variable on bash. Setting it to 80 works. > > COLUMNS wasn't set and \pset columns wasn't set? What environment were you > running this psql command in? Was the output redirected anywhere with \o or > with > on the commandline? Environment: cmd.exe within Windows 7 Beta 64bit. (should be quite similar to Vista & XP) And I did not redirect anything ... Just started a default cmd.exe, to paste it into the email I used "select" and "copy" from the system-menu of that window. (this "\l" is just my "ritual" after installing PostgreSQL, to see that PostgreSQL is installed and the installer accepted my wish for UTF-8) > We had a long argument about how this should work a while back so I suspect > people aren't psyched about reopening it, but while I don't think the current > logic is right I don't think wrapping to 80 columns when your terminal is > wider is one of the current broken cases. It tends to fail in the opposite > direction of randomly not wrapping at all so it's kind of surprising to see > your experience. It did not wrap at all, so that "randomly not wrapping at all" was my kind of failure, wasn't it? Harald -- 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