styles for unicode borders are merged (PostgreSQL 9.5)
Following feature is less important for performance, but for somebody can be important for aesthetic reasons - now you can use a styles for unicode table borders. Possible styles are only two, but you can set a border, header and column style. It is a 6 combinations. Next you have a 3 styles for borders generally - so it together 18 possible combinations of psql table output:
postgres=# \pset unicode_header_linestyle double Unicode border linestyle is "double". postgres=# \pset linestyle unicode Line style is unicode. postgres=# \l List of databases Name │ Owner │ Encoding │ Collate │ Ctype │ Access privileges ═══════════╪══════════╪══════════╪═════════════╪═════════════╪═══════════════════════ postgres │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ template0 │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ =c/postgres ↵ │ │ │ │ │ postgres=CTc/postgres template1 │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ =c/postgres ↵ │ │ │ │ │ postgres=CTc/postgres (3 rows) postgres=# \pset border 0 Border style is 0. postgres=# \l List of databases Name Owner Encoding Collate Ctype Access privileges ═════════ ════════ ════════ ═══════════ ═══════════ ═════════════════════ postgres postgres UTF8 en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 template0 postgres UTF8 en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 =c/postgres ↵ postgres=CTc/postgres template1 postgres UTF8 en_US.UTF-8 en_US.UTF-8 =c/postgres ↵ postgres=CTc/postgres (3 rows) postgres=# \pset border 2 Border style is 2. postgres=# \l List of databases ┌───────────┬──────────┬──────────┬─────────────┬─────────────┬───────────────────────┐ │ Name │ Owner │ Encoding │ Collate │ Ctype │ Access privileges │ ╞═══════════╪══════════╪══════════╪═════════════╪═════════════╪═══════════════════════╡ │ postgres │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ │ │ template0 │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ =c/postgres ↵│ │ │ │ │ │ │ postgres=CTc/postgres │ │ template1 │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ =c/postgres ↵│ │ │ │ │ │ │ postgres=CTc/postgres │ └───────────┴──────────┴──────────┴─────────────┴─────────────┴───────────────────────┘ (3 rows) postgres=# \pset unicode_border_linestyle double Unicode border linestyle is "double". postgres=# \l List of databases ╔═══════════╤══════════╤══════════╤═════════════╤═════════════╤═══════════════════════╗ ║ Name │ Owner │ Encoding │ Collate │ Ctype │ Access privileges ║ ╠═══════════╪══════════╪══════════╪═════════════╪═════════════╪═══════════════════════╣ ║ postgres │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ ║ ║ template0 │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ =c/postgres ↵║ ║ │ │ │ │ │ postgres=CTc/postgres ║ ║ template1 │ postgres │ UTF8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ en_US.UTF-8 │ =c/postgres ↵║ ║ │ │ │ │ │ postgres=CTc/postgres ║ ╚═══════════╧══════════╧══════════╧═════════════╧═════════════╧═══════════════════════╝ (3 rows) postgres=# \pset border 1 Border style is 1. postgres=# \pset unicode_column_linestyle double Unicode column linestyle is "double". postgres=# \l List of databases Name ║ Owner ║ Encoding ║ Collate ║ Ctype ║ Access privileges ═══════════╬══════════╬══════════╬═════════════╬═════════════╬═══════════════════════ postgres ║ postgres ║ UTF8 ║ en_US.UTF-8 ║ en_US.UTF-8 ║ template0 ║ postgres ║ UTF8 ║ en_US.UTF-8 ║ en_US.UTF-8 ║ =c/postgres ↵ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ postgres=CTc/postgres template1 ║ postgres ║ UTF8 ║ en_US.UTF-8 ║ en_US.UTF-8 ║ =c/postgres ↵ ║ ║ ║ ║ ║ postgres=CTc/postgres (3 rows)