Re: psql command line editing

From: Adrian Klaver <adrian(dot)klaver(at)aklaver(dot)com>
To: Ron Johnson <ronljohnsonjr(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-general <pgsql-general(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql command line editing
Date: 2025-02-12 20:29:35
Message-ID: 4e1966c1-1f24-47e5-9c87-8cf466216b6b@aklaver.com
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On 2/12/25 12:03, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 12, 2025 at 2:29 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us
> <mailto:tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>> wrote:

> There's got to be something in your shell config which says "use emacs
> keys" instead of "use vi keys".

From man readline:

"By default, the line editing commands are similar to those of emacs. A
vi-style line editing interface is also available."

To change from the default would involve setting editing-mode in
/etc/inputrc or ~/.inputrc.

>
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