Re: \s paging?

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: CSN <cool_screen_name90001(at)yahoo(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: \s paging?
Date: 2004-03-27 18:02:09
Message-ID: 200403271802.i2RI29O09934@candle.pha.pa.us
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CSN wrote:
> Is it possible to have "less"-type paging with psql's
> \s command? Or other ways like display the last 50
> commands backwards?

I just checked and the \s code actually calls the readline library:

if (write_history(fname) == 0)

with fname set to /dev/tty if file name is supplied. The only fix we
could do would be to put a temp file in for fname, then output that
through a pager. However, it doesn't seem worth the trouble.

I added a comment in the C code if we ever come back to it.

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