| From: | Michael Glaesemann <grzm(at)seespotcode(dot)net> |
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| To: | "Angelica Garcia" <doitviolet(at)hotmail(dot)com> |
| Cc: | PostgreSQL Novice <pgsql-novice(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Arrow keys do not work while using psql |
| Date: | 2007-08-07 14:39:27 |
| Message-ID: | 71E8BF64-1659-427A-A5B6-C88727E80EA1@seespotcode.net |
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On Aug 7, 2007, at 8:25 , Angelica Garcia wrote:
> I have a small problem: While using psql the arrow keys neither
> give command history nor move the cursor. They instead show
> characters like: ^[[A.
It sounds like Postgres was built without readline (or libedit)
support. You can use pg_config --libs to see if it was included. If
not, I believe you need to rebuild Postgres including readline.
Michael Glaesemann
grzm seespotcode net
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