Re: [HACKERS] psql and pager

From: Tatsuo Ishii <t-ishii(at)sra(dot)co(dot)jp>
To: peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net, e99re41(at)DoCS(dot)UU(dot)SE
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] psql and pager
Date: 2000-02-22 12:30:07
Message-ID: 20000222213007B.t-ishii@sra.co.jp
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> > Does anybody know how to disable "pager" of psql? It's really annoying
> > when I use psql in my emacs's shell buffer...
>
> \pset pager
>
> Put it in .psqlrc if you like. (Or in .psqlrc-7.0.0 to not affect the old
> one.)

Thansk. I have read the man page of psql. However I misunderstood:

>Toggles the list of a pager to do table output. If the environment
>variable PAGER is set, the output is piped to the specified program.
>Otherwise more is used.
>
>In any case, psql only uses the pager if it seems appropriate.

I thought psql may use a pager even if \pset toggles off a pager. I
need to learn English more:-)
--
Tatsuo Ishii

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