Tom Lane wrote:
> "Michael Paesold" <mpaesold@gmx.at> writes:
> > Robert Treat wrote:
> >> ISTM even a GUC to enable/disable would have been better scheme than
> >> what we have now; we are basically leaving no options for those who
> >> found the old behavior useful, while what we had before would at least
> >> let people switch back and forth.
>
> > I think Robert is right here and the new behaviour is a step backwards.
>
> Should we revert the patch for the time being, and take another go at it
> in 8.2?
>
> Is it practical to have the old behavior for \df (and anything else with
> particularly wide output) while still forcing \x off for \d?

Here is a quick patch, not for application, that makes \df+ honor \x,
but not \df. Basicaly verbose honors \x, non-verbose does not. I think
would need renaming of the normal_query variable, and more checking in
the code to make sure we are OK.

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Index: src/bin/psql/command.c
================================================== =================
RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/command.c,v
retrieving revision 1.154
diff -c -c -r1.154 command.c
*** src/bin/psql/command.c 15 Oct 2005 02:49:40 -0000 1.154
--- src/bin/psql/command.c 26 Oct 2005 00:00:11 -0000
***************
*** 305,311 ****
OT_NORMAL, NULL, true);

show_verbose = strchr(cmd, '+') ? true : false;
!
switch (cmd[1])
{
case '\0':
--- 305,315 ----
OT_NORMAL, NULL, true);

show_verbose = strchr(cmd, '+') ? true : false;
! if (show_verbose)
! pset.popt.topt.normal_query = true;
! else
! pset.popt.topt.normal_query = false;
!
switch (cmd[1])
{
case '\0':


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