Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit

On 01/13/2018 10:52 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
> Vik, all,
>
> * Vik Fearing (vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com) wrote:
>> On 01/09/2018 02:29 AM, Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> Everaldo Canuto wrote:
>>>> Change my patch will make psql different from other sql clients I use
>>>> (sqlplus and mysql).
>>>
>>> Well, I don't think we're too hot about copying their behavior exactly.
>>> This thread discussed the behavior at length and a consensus was found
>>> after much thinking. No one is imposing anything.
>>>
>>>> I am happy with my custom version of psql so you can cancel/delete/ignore
>>>> my patch.
>>>
>>> We're not happy to lose a potential contributor, but of course that's
>>> your prerogative.
>>>
>>> Can we find somebody else willing to implement the agreed-upon behavior?
>>
>> I'm currently reviewing two other patches in the commitfest (in my
>> limited time). When I'm done with those I would be happy to pick this
>> up if no one else has.
>
> Looks like the status of this should really be 'waiting on author' (even
> if the current author isn't really interested in updating it, sounds
> like Vik might be), so I've adjusted its status.
>
> I'm also of the opinion that this would be good to have, though I don't
> know that I'll have time to bring it over the line for v11.

After re-reading the thread, I think the original patch is optimal. I
don't like what the consensus is and so I have no interest in
implementing it.

In particular, I currently hate how pasting a query with tabs screws
everything up with unhelpful completions. I don't want to add to that
with the column example Tom exposed in [1] and especially with the
plpgsql example Vladimir Svedov exposed in [2].

I quite like the idea of blanking the database name in PROMPT2 as
suggested by Daniel in [3], I would be happy to work on that patch if
others agree.

[1] https://postgr.es/m/31478.1512760025@sss.pgh.pa.us

[2]
https://postgr.es/m/CADqDLE-hgRA0qLeiC3a3DJ41-yR5kj=k0o679K=zk32VLzaB1Q@mail.gmail.com

[3]
https://postgr.es/m/ad75eab6-71ea-4e1f-8aa5-68876ff50651@manitou-mail.org
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