Re: Friendly help for psql

Index: mainloop.c
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RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/mainloop.c,v
retrieving revision 1.87
diff -c -r1.87 mainloop.c
*** mainloop.c 1 Jan 2008 19:45:56 -0000 1.87
--- mainloop.c 2 Apr 2008 12:51:36 -0000
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continue;
}

+ /* A request for help? Be friendly and give them some guidance */
+ if (pset.cur_cmd_interactive && query_buf->len == 0 &&
+ pg_strncasecmp(line, "help", 4) == 0) {
+ free(line);
+ puts("You are using psql, the command-line interface to PostgreSQL.");
+ puts("Enter SQL commands, or type \\? for a list of backslash options.");
+ puts("Use \\q to quit.");
+ puts("Visit http://postgresql.org for help on PostgreSQL\n");
+ continue;
+ }
+
/* echo back if flag is set */
if (pset.echo == PSQL_ECHO_ALL && !pset.cur_cmd_interactive)
puts(line);