Re: How about a psql backslash command to show GUCs?

On Thu, Apr 7, 2022 at 9:58 AM Joe Conway <mail(at)joeconway(dot)com> wrote:

> On 4/7/22 12:37, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Mark Dilger <mark(dot)dilger(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> >>> On Apr 7, 2022, at 9:29 AM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >>> I wouldn't
> >>> fight too hard if people want to lengthen it to \dconfig for
> consistency
> >>> with set_config().
> >
> >> I'd prefer \dconfig, but if the majority on this list view that as
> pedantically forcing them to type more, I'm not going to kick up a fuss
> about \dconf.
> >
> > Maybe I'm atypical, but I'm probably going to use tab completion
> > either way, so it's not really more keystrokes. The consistency
> > point is a good one that I'd not considered before.
>
> Yeah I had thought about \dconfig too -- +1 to that, although I am fine
> with \dconf too.
>
>
\dconfig[+] gets my vote. I was going to say "conf" just isn't common
jargon to say or write; but the one place it is - file extensions - is
relevant and common. But still, I would go with the non-jargon form.

David J.