Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Jeremy Finzel <finzelj(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit
Date: 2017-12-12 15:19:01
Message-ID: CAKFQuwZ6O4RDrmF6fe4weMhXDKKqb_SEPPGDNxCVX3YuLwt_yQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 8:04 AM, Jeremy Finzel <finzelj(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> I don't think this is a significant stumbling block for users adopting
> postgres.
>

​The OP complained, and I tend to agree, that 90% of the world uses the
command "exit" to end a program and that it would be nice if we did as
well. This is not just a new user consideration - and I'd say that making
it so help/quit/exit/\q on a line of their own is helpfully reported to the
user as having been ineffective if in the middle of a string or
statement-continuation, would benefit more than just new users as well.

David J.

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