| From: | David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org> |
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| To: | Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net> |
| Cc: | Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Everaldo Canuto <everaldo(dot)canuto(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit |
| Date: | 2018-01-15 21:32:55 |
| Message-ID: | 20180115213255.GF14029@fetter.org |
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On Mon, Jan 15, 2018 at 01:24:45PM -0500, Chapman Flack wrote:
> On 01/15/18 11:56, David Fetter wrote:
> >> And while trying to find the EOF setting in libreadline might get
> >> messy, you're already assuming that ctrl-C hasn't been knobbled
> >> using stty intr. Unless you want to go searching for that too?
> >
> > I'm pretty sure changing either or both of those settings would
> > qualify as pilot error, and pretty abstruse pilot error at that.
>
> I once worked in a shop where the EOF default had in fact been changed
> to ^Z on the Unix boxen, for consistency with Windows. I may have had
> a personal opinion about it not unlike yours, but the pilot at the time
> being my boss, I just made it my business to cheerfully explain it every.
> time. it. needed. explaining.
>
> So, it's a thing that can happen.
Of course it is. It's just not a thing I believe we should perturb
our code or documentation to accommodate.
Best,
David.
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