Re: Correct handling of blank/commented lines in PSQL interactive-mode history

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)enterprisedb(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>
Cc: Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, Greg Nancarrow <gregn4422(at)gmail(dot)com>, PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Correct handling of blank/commented lines in PSQL interactive-mode history
Date: 2021-09-17 09:11:35
Message-ID: a9127baa-dc0d-faf9-797f-e798735830c7@enterprisedb.com
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On 07.09.21 21:16, Tom Lane wrote:
> [ this is a digression from the main point of the thread, but ... ]
>
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org> writes:
>> I am particularly bothered by the uselessness
>> that M-# results in -- namely, inserting a # at the start of the buffer.
>
> Fixing that might be as simple as the attached. I've not beat on
> it hard though.

I see this in my .inputrc, although I don't remember when/how I put it
there:

$if psql
set comment-begin --
set expand-tilde on
$endif

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