@@ -180,9 +180,9 @@ slashUsage(unsigned short int pager)
180180
181181 fprintf (output , _ ("Help\n" ));
182182
183- fprintf (output , _ (" \\? [commands] description of all psql backslash commands\n" ));
184- fprintf (output , _ (" \\? options description of all psql commandline options\n" ));
185- fprintf (output , _ (" \\? variables description of all psql configuration variables\n" ));
183+ fprintf (output , _ (" \\? [commands] show help on backslash commands\n" ));
184+ fprintf (output , _ (" \\? options show help on psql command-line options\n" ));
185+ fprintf (output , _ (" \\? variables show help on special variables\n" ));
186186 fprintf (output , _ (" \\h [NAME] help on syntax of SQL commands, * for all commands\n" ));
187187 fprintf (output , "\n" );
188188
@@ -323,76 +323,76 @@ helpVariables(unsigned short int pager)
323323 */
324324 output = PageOutput (87 , pager ? & (pset .popt .topt ) : NULL );
325325
326- fprintf (output , _ ("List of specially treated variables. \n" ));
326+ fprintf (output , _ ("List of specially treated variables\n \n" ));
327327
328328 fprintf (output , _ ("psql variables:\n" ));
329329 fprintf (output , _ ("Usage:\n" ));
330- fprintf (output , _ (" psql --set=NAME=VALUE\n or \\set NAME VALUE in interactive mode \n\n" ));
330+ fprintf (output , _ (" psql --set=NAME=VALUE\n or \\set NAME VALUE inside psql \n\n" ));
331331
332332 fprintf (output , _ (" AUTOCOMMIT if set, successful SQL commands are automatically committed\n" ));
333- fprintf (output , _ (" COMP_KEYWORD_CASE determine the case used to complete SQL keywords \n"
333+ fprintf (output , _ (" COMP_KEYWORD_CASE determines the case used to complete SQL key words \n"
334334 " [lower, upper, preserve-lower, preserve-upper]\n" ));
335335 fprintf (output , _ (" DBNAME the currently connected database name\n" ));
336- fprintf (output , _ (" ECHO control what input is written to standard output\n"
336+ fprintf (output , _ (" ECHO controls what input is written to standard output\n"
337337 " [all, errors, none, queries]\n" ));
338- fprintf (output , _ (" ECHO_HIDDEN display internal queries executed by backslash commands when it is set \n"
339- " or with [ noexec] just show without execution\n" ));
338+ fprintf (output , _ (" ECHO_HIDDEN if set, display internal queries executed by backslash commands; \n"
339+ " if set to \" noexec\", just show without execution\n" ));
340340 fprintf (output , _ (" ENCODING current client character set encoding\n" ));
341341 fprintf (output , _ (" FETCH_COUNT the number of result rows to fetch and display at a time\n"
342342 " (default: 0=unlimited)\n" ));
343- fprintf (output , _ (" HISTCONTROL control history list [ignorespace, ignoredups, ignoreboth]\n" ));
344- fprintf (output , _ (" HISTFILE file name used to store the history list \n" ));
343+ fprintf (output , _ (" HISTCONTROL controls command history [ignorespace, ignoredups, ignoreboth]\n" ));
344+ fprintf (output , _ (" HISTFILE file name used to store the command history \n" ));
345345 fprintf (output , _ (" HISTSIZE the number of commands to store in the command history\n" ));
346- fprintf (output , _ (" HOST the currently connected database server\n" ));
346+ fprintf (output , _ (" HOST the currently connected database server host \n" ));
347347 fprintf (output , _ (" IGNOREEOF if unset, sending an EOF to interactive session terminates application\n" ));
348- fprintf (output , _ (" LASTOID the value of last affected OID\n" ));
349- fprintf (output , _ (" ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK if set, an error doesn't stop a transaction (uses implicit SAVEPOINTs )\n" ));
348+ fprintf (output , _ (" LASTOID value of the last affected OID\n" ));
349+ fprintf (output , _ (" ON_ERROR_ROLLBACK if set, an error doesn't stop a transaction (uses implicit savepoints )\n" ));
350350 fprintf (output , _ (" ON_ERROR_STOP stop batch execution after error\n" ));
351351 fprintf (output , _ (" PORT server port of the current connection\n" ));
352- fprintf (output , _ (" PROMPT1 specify the standard psql prompt\n" ));
353- fprintf (output , _ (" PROMPT2 specify the prompt used when a statement continues from a previous line\n" ));
354- fprintf (output , _ (" PROMPT3 specify the prompt used during COPY ... FROM STDIN\n" ));
352+ fprintf (output , _ (" PROMPT1 specifies the standard psql prompt\n" ));
353+ fprintf (output , _ (" PROMPT2 specifies the prompt used when a statement continues from a previous line\n" ));
354+ fprintf (output , _ (" PROMPT3 specifies the prompt used during COPY ... FROM STDIN\n" ));
355355 fprintf (output , _ (" QUIET run quietly (same as -q option)\n" ));
356- fprintf (output , _ (" SHOW_CONTEXT control display of message context fields [never, errors, always]\n" ));
356+ fprintf (output , _ (" SHOW_CONTEXT controls display of message context fields [never, errors, always]\n" ));
357357 fprintf (output , _ (" SINGLELINE end of line terminates SQL command mode (same as -S option)\n" ));
358358 fprintf (output , _ (" SINGLESTEP single-step mode (same as -s option)\n" ));
359359 fprintf (output , _ (" USER the currently connected database user\n" ));
360- fprintf (output , _ (" VERBOSITY control verbosity of error reports [default, verbose, terse]\n" ));
360+ fprintf (output , _ (" VERBOSITY controls verbosity of error reports [default, verbose, terse]\n" ));
361361
362- fprintf (output , _ ("\nDisplay influencing variables :\n" ));
362+ fprintf (output , _ ("\nDisplay settings :\n" ));
363363 fprintf (output , _ ("Usage:\n" ));
364- fprintf (output , _ (" psql --pset=NAME[=VALUE]\n or \\pset NAME [VALUE] in interactive mode \n\n" ));
364+ fprintf (output , _ (" psql --pset=NAME[=VALUE]\n or \\pset NAME [VALUE] inside psql \n\n" ));
365365
366366 fprintf (output , _ (" border border style (number)\n" ));
367- fprintf (output , _ (" columns set the target width for the wrapped format\n" ));
368- fprintf (output , _ (" expanded (or x) toggle expanded output\n" ));
369- fprintf (output , _ (" fieldsep field separator for unaligned output (default '|' )\n" ));
370- fprintf (output , _ (" fieldsep_zero set field separator in unaligned mode to zero\n" ));
367+ fprintf (output , _ (" columns target width for the wrapped format\n" ));
368+ fprintf (output , _ (" expanded (or x) expanded output [on, off, auto] \n" ));
369+ fprintf (output , _ (" fieldsep field separator for unaligned output (default \"%s\" )\n" ), DEFAULT_FIELD_SEP );
370+ fprintf (output , _ (" fieldsep_zero set field separator for unaligned output to zero byte \n" ));
371371 fprintf (output , _ (" format set output format [unaligned, aligned, wrapped, html, asciidoc, ...]\n" ));
372372 fprintf (output , _ (" footer enable or disable display of the table footer [on, off]\n" ));
373373 fprintf (output , _ (" linestyle set the border line drawing style [ascii, old-ascii, unicode]\n" ));
374374 fprintf (output , _ (" null set the string to be printed in place of a null value\n" ));
375375 fprintf (output , _ (" numericlocale enable or disable display of a locale-specific character to separate\n"
376376 " groups of digits [on, off]\n" ));
377377 fprintf (output , _ (" pager control when an external pager is used [yes, no, always]\n" ));
378- fprintf (output , _ (" recordsep specify the record (line) separator to use in unaligned output format \n" ));
379- fprintf (output , _ (" recordsep_zero set the record separator to use in unaligned output format to a zero byte. \n" ));
378+ fprintf (output , _ (" recordsep record (line) separator for unaligned output\n" ));
379+ fprintf (output , _ (" recordsep_zero set record separator for unaligned output to zero byte\n" ));
380380 fprintf (output , _ (" tableattr (or T) specify attributes for table tag in html format or proportional\n"
381- " column width of left aligned data type in latex format\n" ));
381+ " column widths for left- aligned data types in latex-longtable format\n" ));
382382 fprintf (output , _ (" title set the table title for any subsequently printed tables\n" ));
383383 fprintf (output , _ (" tuples_only if set, only actual table data is shown\n" ));
384- fprintf (output , _ (" unicode_border_linestyle\n" ));
385- fprintf ( output , _ ( " unicode_column_linestyle\n" ));
386- fprintf ( output , _ ( " unicode_header_linestyle\n"
387- " set the style of unicode line drawing [single, double]\n" ));
384+ fprintf (output , _ (" unicode_border_linestyle\n"
385+ " unicode_column_linestyle\n"
386+ " unicode_header_linestyle\n"
387+ " set the style of Unicode line drawing [single, double]\n" ));
388388
389389 fprintf (output , _ ("\nEnvironment variables:\n" ));
390390 fprintf (output , _ ("Usage:\n" ));
391391
392392#ifndef WIN32
393- fprintf (output , _ (" NAME=VALUE [NAME=VALUE] psql ...\n or \\setenv NAME [VALUE] in interactive mode \n\n" ));
393+ fprintf (output , _ (" NAME=VALUE [NAME=VALUE] psql ...\n or \\setenv NAME [VALUE] inside psql \n\n" ));
394394#else
395- fprintf (output , _ (" set NAME=VALUE\n psql ...\n or \\setenv NAME VALUE in interactive mode \n\n" ));
395+ fprintf (output , _ (" set NAME=VALUE\n psql ...\n or \\setenv NAME [ VALUE] inside psql \n\n" ));
396396#endif
397397
398398 fprintf (output , _ (" COLUMNS number of columns for wrapped format\n" ));
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