Re: Would it be possible to add functions to tab-completion in psql?

From: hubert depesz lubaczewski <depesz(at)depesz(dot)com>
To: Ron <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Would it be possible to add functions to tab-completion in psql?
Date: 2022-08-16 13:01:14
Message-ID: 20220816130114.GA22122@depesz.com
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On Tue, Aug 16, 2022 at 07:42:27AM -0500, Ron wrote:
> On 8/16/22 07:28, hubert depesz lubaczewski wrote:
> > Hi,
> > As a dba I have to, very often, query system functions, starting with
> > pg_last_xact_replay_timestamp and pg_current_wal_lsn.
> >
> > Would it be possible/hard/expensive, to change tab-completion so that:
> >
> > select pg_<tab> would work?
>
> It does, in the psql 9.6 and 12 that I installed from it's native
> repositories, and the psql 12 installed from RHEL 7/8 native repositories.

Hmm .. I'm on Pg 16, linked with readline, and pressing tab after
select pg_
just produces new prompt:

https://asciinema.org/a/A8w16KhXF7bK4iz7hE7iyyo0D

Can you please show me this working, with "which psql", and "ldd $(
which psql )" using asciinema?

Best regards,

depesz

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