Re: [PATCH] psql \n shortcut for set search_path =

Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Colin 't Hart <colin(at)sharpheart(dot)org> wrote:
>> Attached please find a trivial patch for psql which adds a \n meta command
>> as a shortcut for typing set search_path =.

> I think the use-case is a bit narrow: saving a few characters typing
> on a command not everyone uses very often (I don't), at the expense of
> adding yet another command to remember.

Another point here is that we are running low on single-letter backslash
command names in psql. I'm not sure that "SET SEARCH_PATH" is so useful
as to justify using up one of the ones that are left.

ISTM there was some discussion awhile back about user-definable typing
shortcuts in psql. I don't recall any details, but being able to set
up "SET SEARCH_PATH" as a user-definable shortcut if it's useful to you
would eliminate the question about whether it's useful to everyone.

regards, tom lane