Re: psql and readline

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>, Rod Taylor <rbt(at)rbt(dot)ca>, Peter Mount <peter(at)retep(dot)org(dot)uk>, Justin Clift <justin(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dan Langille <dan(at)langille(dot)org>, Robert Treat <xzilla(at)users(dot)sourceforge(dot)net>, Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql and readline
Date: 2003-01-09 21:43:27
Message-ID: 15534.1042148607@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> Tom Lane writes:
>> The case I find interesting is where you're using plain "\e" to
>> re-edit a query interactively. If this query never gets into the
>> history buffer then you're lost: you won't be able to pull it back
>> for re-editing a second time.

> If you call \e again immediately then you edit the previous command.

But it'd be nice to have some *history*, ie be able to pull back older
commands.

regards, tom lane

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