Re: psql \e broken again

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: John Hansen <john(at)geeknet(dot)com(dot)au>
Cc: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql \e broken again
Date: 2004-11-15 03:14:06
Message-ID: 200411150314.iAF3E6C22994@candle.pha.pa.us
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John Hansen wrote:
> > > 1. Quote only on Windows.
> > >
> > > 2. Expect user to put quotes in the EDITOR value if it contains a
> > > space-containing path.
>
>
> As far I I'm aware, the options on windows are very much like those on
> unix:
>
> "path containing spaces" or
> path\ containing\ spaces

My guess is that we should only address spaces on Win32, but should
document why did didn't do it on Unix. Also, what about OS X? Doesn't
that have frequent spaces in file paths?

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