Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for

From: Philip Warner <pjw(at)rhyme(dot)com(dot)au>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Hannu Krosing <hannu(at)tm(dot)ee>
Cc: Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for
Date: 2002-12-09 23:12:31
Message-ID: 5.1.0.14.0.20021210100533.02d18988@mail.rhyme.com.au
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At 05:13 PM 9/12/2002 -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
>Seems like a fine idea to me.

Ditto.

>"\D<something>" works though.)
>
>Any objections out there?

My only complaint here is being forced to use the 'shift' key on commands
that will be common. I would prefer any other lower case char: \b, \j, \k ,
\m, \n, \u, \v, and \y are available. I'd vote for \v (view), or \k
(command). The go with:

\v schema
or
\k show schema

(I'd vote for \v).

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