Re: failure of \e in psql

From: Bruce Momjian <maillist(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>
Cc: PostgreSQL-development <pgsql-hackers(at)postgreSQL(dot)org>
Subject: Re: failure of \e in psql
Date: 1999-11-12 06:07:46
Message-ID: 199911120607.BAA01516@candle.pha.pa.us
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> On 1999-11-11, Bruce Momjian mentioned:
>
> > I see that \e no longer works as expected:
> >
> > test=> select * from pg_class;
> > ...
> > test=> \e
> >
> > and in the editor, the query is not appearing. The 'select' query
> > should appear in the editor because I have not entered a non-backslash
> > command to clear the query buffer.
>
> Well, once you send it, it's sent and gone. You have to edit it before you
> send it. I guess I'm not following you. Of course you should somehow be
> able to re-edit the previous query. Hmm.

Peter, before I go hunting around, can you tell me any other things psql
used to do that it doesn't do anymore?

We had hand-tuned psql over the years, and it would be good to know what
features no longer exist so we can decide if they are needed.

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