Re: [HACKERS] Autocomplete <TAB> on Postgres7.4beta5 not working?

Ian Barwick <barwick(at)gmx(dot)net> writes:
> On Tuesday 28 October 2003 23:47, Tom Lane wrote:
>> Another odd thing was that after completing "pg_catalog.", it
>> wouldn't go any further --- one must type "p" here, even though all the
>> possible completions begin "pg_". (Possibly that could be fixed, but
>> I don't know readline's behavior well enough to be sure.)

> I'm not sure whether it's intended or not, but explicitly adding
> pg_catalog to the search path alleviates this.

It turns out that I unintentionally broke that a few days ago while
adding quote_ident() calls. I've repaired that damage, so now you can
go
pg_c<TAB><TAB>
and get
pg_catalog.pg_
which is one less keystroke than I claimed before. I still think it's
too many though ...

regards, tom lane