Re: client encoding that psql command sets

On Fri, Feb 7, 2014 at 09:12:10AM +0000, Albe Laurenz wrote:
> > Even when a LC_CTYPE environment variable was set up, the result did not change.
> > What do you think?
>
> I think that the documentation contradicts the code.
>
> In bin/psql/settings.h:
>
> typedef struct _psqlSettings
> {
> [...]
> bool notty; /* stdin or stdout is not a tty (as determined
> * on startup) */
> [...]
> } PsqlSettings;
>
> extern PsqlSettings pset;
>
> In bin/psql/command.c and bin/psql/startup.c:
>
> keywords[6] = "client_encoding";
> values[6] = (pset.notty || getenv("PGCLIENTENCODING")) ? NULL : "auto";
>
> That matches your observations: client_encoding=auto is only
> used if both stdin and stdout are attached to a tty.
>
> I suggest the attached documentation fix.

Patch applied and backpatched to 9.3. Thanks.

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