Windows v readline

From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew(dot)dunstan(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Windows v readline
Date: 2019-09-29 20:55:53
Message-ID: 8d4e41ab-f001-fe9c-d796-a7b584a3c7f6@2ndQuadrant.com
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The configure code currently has this:

# readline on MinGW has problems with backslashes in psql and other bugs.
# This is particularly a problem with non-US code pages.
# Therefore disable its use until we understand the cause. 2004-07-20
if test "$PORTNAME" = "win32"; then
  if test "$with_readline" = yes; then
    AC_MSG_WARN([*** Readline does not work on MinGW --- disabling])
    with_readline=no
  fi
fi

2004 is a very long time ago. Has anyone looked at this more recently?
It would certainly be nice to have readline-enabled psql on Windows if
possible.

cheers

andrew

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