title: How to set default display mode in psql
body: <p>Almost every psql query comes out an illegible mess if not preceded by <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9604723/alternate-output-format-for-psql">display configuration commands</a> such as <code>\x auto</code>. Typing this manually for each psql instance is annoying.</p>
  
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    <p>Expanded display is used automatically.</p>
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  <p>Is there any way to configure a better default display? Or perhaps the answer is to use a more advanced interactive terminal?</p>