From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Magnus Hagander <mha(at)sollentuna(dot)net> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: psql & readline & win32 |
Date: | 2006-02-13 18:09:57 |
Message-ID: | 200602131809.k1DI9vF03205@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > >> What would we patch it with? I don't think anybody has found a
> > >> problem there, this is a separate file that you ship along with it.
> >
> > > Well, the problem is that it handles backslash incorrectly.
> > We could
> > > patch that in the readline source rather than playing with a
> > > configuaration file.
> >
> > Do the readline developers agree that it's "incorrect"? I
> > could see shipping a patch as a short-term band-aid, but not
> > if the patch isn't going to be accepted upstream.
>
> I have seen no such agreement. The ability to reconfigure the keys is
> definitly a feature, so it could perhaps be argued to be that. In
> general, I don't think they care too much about win32 :-( Which is
> another thing that makes libedit a lot more encouraging - if it could be
> made working.
I would love us to use libedit more, and our configure flags for libedit
are improved in 8.2.
> > I think what we don't have is saving history between psql uses.
>
> We do keep history if the new psql is startede in the same
> commandprompt. If you start a new cmd, history gets reset. (Which is
> what happens if you start it from the start menu)
Ah, OK, I was testing from the start menu.
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