Re: psql tab-complete: schema support, quotes, etc.

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Greg Sabino Mullane <greg(at)turnstep(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-patches(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: psql tab-complete: schema support, quotes, etc.
Date: 2002-07-30 16:35:16
Message-ID: 200207301635.g6UGZGs10659@candle.pha.pa.us
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Patch applied. Thanks.

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Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
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> Added support for schemas and quotes in tab-complete.c, as well as
> a few other things:
>
> * Made all references to the pg_* tables absolute, by specifying
> the pg_catalog schema.
>
> * Added SCHEMA as a create/delete completion option.
>
> * Added SCHEMA completion as: SELECT nspname FROM pg_catalog.pg_namespace
> WHERE substr(nspname,1,%d)='%s'
>
> * Added completion of "INSERT INTO <table> (" with attribute names.
>
> * Added completion of "INSERT INTO <table> (attribs)" with
> VALUES or SELECT
>
> * Added limited locking completion: only for one table:
> "LOCK" and "LOCK TABLE" now both get a completion list of tables
> Complete with "IN" for LOCK [TABLE] <table>
> Complete LOCK [TABLE] <table> IN with a lock mode
>
> * Added a very simple WHERE finisher that uses the previous word
> as a table lookup for attributes.
>
> * Added quote support when parsing "previous words". In other words,
> hitting tab after INSERT INTO "foo bar baby"
> now does the right thing and recognizes "foo bar baby" as one word.
>
> Letting tab-complete quote things that should be quoted seems to be
> temporarily ifdef'ed out due to readline compatibility problems.
> Can anyone elaborate on this?
>
> Greg Sabino Mullane greg(at)turnstep(dot)com
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