| From: | Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com> |
|---|---|
| To: | "'bruce(at)momjian(dot)us'" <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
| Cc: | Ed Avis <eda(at)waniasset(dot)com>, "'tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us'" <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "'pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org'" <pgsql-bugs(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: BUG #11986: psql uses pager inside Emacs shell buffer (not a terminal) |
| Date: | 2014-12-05 18:33:43 |
| Message-ID: | 20141205183343.GF1768@alvh.no-ip.org |
| Views: | Raw Message | Whole Thread | Download mbox | Resend email |
| Thread: | |
| Lists: | pgsql-bugs |
'bruce(at)momjian(dot)us' wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 03:48:45AM +0000, Ed Avis wrote:
> > >A truly dumb terminal would be where you'd need a pager the most
> >
> > That is true but how many are using teletypes these days? If the
> > terminal type is 'dumb' that indicates for sure that some other
> > program is processing the output. Nobody is running psql inside a
> > terminal which is truly bereft of cursor movement commands - except
> > perhaps on Windows, which can be detected separately.
>
> Many shell scripts run from cron have a 'dumb' terminal value.
Surely you don't want pagers running there either ...
--
Álvaro Herrera http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services
| From | Date | Subject | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Next Message | 'bruce@momjian.us' | 2014-12-05 18:37:41 | Re: BUG #11986: psql uses pager inside Emacs shell buffer (not a terminal) |
| Previous Message | 'bruce@momjian.us' | 2014-12-05 18:26:48 | Re: BUG #11986: psql uses pager inside Emacs shell buffer (not a terminal) |