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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index bbccb3b87b9..95ce850195e 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ <!-- -$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.232 2009/10/13 21:04:01 tgl Exp $ +$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v 1.233 2009/11/22 05:20:41 tgl Exp $ PostgreSQL documentation --> @@ -1765,30 +1765,54 @@ lo_import 152801 <listitem> <para> Sets the border line drawing style to one - of <literal>ascii</literal> or <literal>unicode</literal>. + of <literal>ascii</literal>, <literal>old-ascii</literal> + or <literal>unicode</literal>. Unique abbreviations are allowed. (That would mean one letter is enough.) </para> <para> - <quote>ASCII</quote> uses plain <acronym>ASCII</acronym> characters. + <literal>ascii</literal> style uses plain <acronym>ASCII</acronym> + characters. Newlines in data are shown using + a <literal>+</literal> symbol in the right-hand margin. + When the data wraps from one line + to the next without a newline character, a dot (<literal>.</>) + is shown in the right-hand margin of the first line, and + again in the left-hand margin of the following line. </para> <para> - <quote>Unicode</quote> uses Unicode box-drawing characters. + <literal>old-ascii</literal> style uses plain <acronym>ASCII</> + characters, using the formatting style used + in <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 8.4 and earlier. + Newlines in data are shown using a <literal>:</literal> + symbol in place of the left-hand column separator. + When the data wraps from one line + to the next without a newline character, a <literal>;</> + symbol is used in place of the left-hand column separator. + </para> + + <para> + <literal>unicode</literal> style uses Unicode box-drawing characters. + Newlines in data are shown using a carriage return symbol + in the right-hand margin. When the data wraps from one line + to the next without a newline character, an ellipsis symbol + is shown in the right-hand margin of the first line, and + again in the left-hand margin of the following line. </para> <para> When the selected output format is one that draws lines or boxes - around the data, this setting controls how the lines are drawn. + around the data, this setting also determines the characters + with which the lines are drawn. Plain <acronym>ASCII</acronym> characters work everywhere, but Unicode characters look nicer on displays that recognize them. </para> <para> - If this option has not been set, the default behavior is to - use Unicode characters if the client character set encoding - is UTF-8, otherwise <acronym>ASCII</acronym> characters. + If this option has not been set, the default behavior is to use + <literal>unicode</literal> style if the client character set encoding + is UTF-8, otherwise <literal>ascii</literal> style. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |