Re: Command editing with psql and OS X

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Eric B(dot)Ridge" <ebr(at)tcdi(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Command editing with psql and OS X
Date: 2002-12-02 02:39:17
Message-ID: 4172.1038796757@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"Eric B.Ridge" <ebr(at)tcdi(dot)com> writes:
> How the heck do you enable command editing (ie, up/down arrows, tab for
> table name completion, etc, etc) in psql on OS X (10.2.x)? I could
> never get it to work with 7.2 and it doesn't work with 7.3 either. :(
> I've installed the latest readline and tried about 10 million (give or
> take) different TERM settings.

Should work if you reconfigure and rebuild PG after installing readline.
Keep an eye on the configure output to make sure it's finding readline.

regards, tom lane

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