Hi!
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.
It is working well, but it is copy to file, not copy to clipboard.
Maybe I misunderstood - are you suggesting this a special mode in pspg? I
thought
that you were suggesting to implement a mode in psql, something like
"\pset format_for_clipboard".
I think the question was more about being able to copy in an ad-hoc way,
in the middle of scrolling trough "normal" output.
I understand your motivation, but I don't feel a significant benefit to
increase the complexity of the main format (more, when it breaks pspg,
without possibility to fix it). but it can depend on usual data, and it is
true, so when I use pspg, I don't use extended mode too often.
To clarify: I'm not suggesting my patch anymore - it definitely breaks pspg and
this
is completely unacceptable.
We're just discussing the possible alternate solutions, I think.
Best regards,
Platon Pronko
