On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 4:14 AM, Michael Paquier <michael.paqu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 11, 2016 at 3:36 AM, David G. Johnston > <david.g.johns...@gmail.com> wrote: > > When executing a query using \watch in psql the first execution of the > query > > includes "Title is [...]" when \pset title is in use. Subsequent > executions > > do not. Once that first display goes off-screen the information in the > > title is no longer readily accessible. If using \watch for a > long-running > > monitoring query it can be helpful to incorporate some context > information > > into the title. > > Yeah, this sounds like a good idea to show it at each iteration if the > title is set. I am not sure we would want to treat that as a bug fix > as nothing is broken, it looks more like a new feature. > > I would agree...but wouldn't personally argue against the bug-fix interpretation. Given the nature of watch, that it is used for human interaction, the odds of it being used in an automation environment - where a change in layout could have an impact - it highly unlikely. > Any suggestions for a better way to accomplish the goal? > > What I have been doing in such cases until now is updating the name of > the terminal tab to identify what was going on. > > Except I run my two monitor queries inside a tmux pane and so cannot directly give them names. I get the point and probably a window name would end up being sufficient. David J.
