*
* Copyright 2000 by PostgreSQL Global Development Group
*
- * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.49 2002/03/19 02:32:21 momjian Exp $
+ * $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/help.c,v 1.50 2002/03/19 03:01:01 momjian Exp $
*/
#include "postgres_fe.h"
#include "help.h"
if (pset.notty == 0 &&
(pagerenv = getenv("PAGER")) &&
(pagerenv[0] != '\0') &&
- screen_size.ws_row <= 39 &&
+ screen_size.ws_row <= 46 &&
(fout = popen(pagerenv, "w")))
{
usePipe = true;
fout = stdout;
/* if you add/remove a line here, change the row test above */
+ /* if this " is the start of the string then it ought to end there to fit in 80 columns >> " */
fprintf(fout, _(" \\a toggle between unaligned and aligned output mode\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\c[onnect] [DBNAME|- [USER]]\n"
- " connect to new database (currently \"%s\")\n"),
+ " connect to new database (currently \"%s\")\n"),
PQdb(pset.db));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\C [TITLE] set table title, or unset with no title\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\C [STRING] set table title, or unset if none\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\cd [DIR] change the current working directory\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\copy ... perform SQL COPY with data stream to the client host\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\copyright show PostgreSQL usage and distribution terms\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\d [TABLE] describe table (or view, index, sequence)\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\d{t|i|s|v}... list tables/indexes/sequences/views\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\d{p|S|l} list access privileges, system tables, or large objects\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\da list aggregate functions\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\dd [NAME] show comment for table, type, function, or operator\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\dD [NAME] list domains\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\df list functions\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\do list operators\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\dT list data types\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\du [PATTERN] lists all configured users or only those that match pattern\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\e [FILE] edit the query buffer or file with external editor\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\echo TEXT write text to standard output\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\encoding ENCODING set client encoding\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\f [SEPARATOR] set field separator, or unset if none\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\g [FILE] send SQL command to server (and write results to file or |pipe)\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\h NAME help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\d [NAME] describe table (or view, index, sequence)\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\d{t|i|s|v|S} [PATTERN]\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" list tables/indexes/sequences/views/system tables\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\da [PATTERN] list aggregate functions\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\dd [PATTERN] show comment for object\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\dD [PATTERN] list domains\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\df [PATTERN] list functions\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\do [NAME] list operators\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\dl list large objects, same as lo_list\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\dp [PATTERN] list table access privileges\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\dT [PATTERN] list data types\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\du [PATTERN] list users\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\e [FILE] edit the query buffer (or file) with external editor\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\echo [STRING] write string to standard output\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\encoding [ENCODING] show or set client encoding\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\f [STRING] show or set field separator for unaligned query output\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\g [FILE] send query buffer to server (and results to file or |pipe)\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\h [NAME] help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\H toggle HTML output mode (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.popt.topt.format == PRINT_HTML));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\i FILE execute commands from file\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\l list all databases\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\lo_export, \\lo_import, \\lo_list, \\lo_unlink\n"
- " large object operations\n"));
+ " large object operations\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\o FILE send all query results to file or |pipe\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\p show the content of the query buffer\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\pset VAR set table output option (VAR := {format|border|expanded|\n"
- " fieldsep|null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\p show the contents of the query buffer\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\pset NAME [VALUE] set table output option (NAME := {format|border|expanded|\n"
+ " fieldsep|null|recordsep|tuples_only|title|tableattr|pager})\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\q quit psql\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\qecho TEXT write text to query output stream (see \\o)\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\qecho [STRING] write string to query output stream (see \\o)\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\r reset (clear) the query buffer\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\s [FILE] print history or save it to file\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\set NAME VALUE set internal variable\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\s [FILE] display history or save it to file\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\set [NAME [VALUE]] set internal variable, or list all if no parameters\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\t show only rows (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.popt.topt.tuples_only));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\T [TAG_ATTR] set HTML table tag attributes, or unset if none\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\T [STRING] set HTML <table>-tag attributes, or unset if none\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\timing toggle timing of queries (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.timing));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\unset NAME unset (delete) internal variable\n"));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\w FILE write query buffer to file\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\w [FILE] write query buffer to file\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\x toggle expanded output (currently %s)\n"),
ON(pset.popt.topt.expanded));
- fprintf(fout, _(" \\z list table access privileges\n"));
+ fprintf(fout, _(" \\z [PATTERN] list table access privileges (same as \\dp)\n"));
fprintf(fout, _(" \\! [COMMAND] execute command in shell or start interactive shell\n"));
if (usePipe)
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