On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 10:23 -0700, David Fetter wrote: > On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 02:12:19PM -0000, Greg Sabino Mullane wrote: > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: RIPEMD160 > > > > > > > 1. \d isn't exactly the most intuitive thing ever > > > > Seems fairly mnemomic to me (d=describe) and it packs a > > *lot* of information into a single letter (see below). > > Things that are done often should have short keystrokes, > > and not require learning Yet Another Meta-Language. > > > > > And it's pretty clear that we have been heading into some > > > increasingly cryptic bits of fruit salad of > > > \dfzb+-meta-bucky-alt-foo > > > > No arguments there, but that's the nature of the beast. I don't > > think it's as bad as is made out, however, as \d covers 99% of > > everyday usage and certainly the "show tables" that started > > this thread. > > It covers 0% of cases where people are not using psql.
Which is probably 85% of our users. (No I have no actual metric) Every single corp I have walked into is using at least PgAdmin as well. Until this project as a whole recognizes that for the majority to the populace the command line is dead; we will continue to have these arguments for no apparent reason but to make sure spam filters are still reading our emails. JD -- PostgreSQL.org Major Contributor Command Prompt, Inc: http://www.commandprompt.com/ - 509.416.6579 Consulting, Training, Support, Custom Development, Engineering -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers
