Re: about EDITOR_LINENUMBER_SWITCH

2011/5/21 Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>:
> I noticed the 9.1 release notes claim that the new
> EDITOR_LINENUMBER_SWITCH thing is an environment variable, whereas it is
> actually a psql variable.
>
> This is perhaps sort of a Freudian slip.  Since the editor itself is
> configured using an environment variable, shouldn't any configuration
> about the editor also be an environment variable, so people can
> configure them together?
>
> Another thought is that this whole thing could be done away with if we
> just allowed people to pass through arbitrary options to the editor,
> like
>
> \edit file.sql +50 -a -b -c

in original patch I had to do some magic operation with line number,
so I had to know, what is a line number. A idea with other options are
interesting. More usable can be store these option inside psql
variable (be consistent with current state). Maybe in EDITOR_OPTIONS ?
With possibility to overwrite this options from metacommand

\edit file.sql 10 -x -y -z

Regards

Pavel Stehule

>
> For powerusers, this could have interesting possibilities.
>
>
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