Hi!
>>>>> I also find this annoying and would be happy to be rid of it.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried "\pset format wrapped"? Pavel suggested it, and it
>>>> solved most of the problem for me, for example.
>>>
>>> Yes, but it changes the data line output. Ideally, you should be able
>>> to modify these independently.
>>
>> I agree, and I think this can be implemented, but I'm a bit afraid of
>> introducing an additional psql option (there's already quite a lot of
>> them).
>> I suspect primary PostgreSQL maintainers won't be happy with such an
>> approach.
>>
>
> it can be a fully new format - designed for simple copy from terminal. Some
> like
>
> ====== record: 10 ======
> ------------ proname ------------
> left
> ------------ prosrc ------------
> $lalalal
> ewqrwqerw
> ewqrwqerqrewq
> $
> ===============
I don't think that would be a good idea. If somebody really just needs to copy,
then wrapping the query in "copy (...) to stdout" already works nicely,
no need to create a special mode just for that.
I think the question was more about being able to copy in an ad-hoc way,
in the middle of scrolling trough "normal" output.
Best regards,
Platon Pronko