Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit

From: Peter Eisentraut <peter(dot)eisentraut(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Everaldo Canuto <everaldo(dot)canuto(at)gmail(dot)com>, Daniel Vérité <daniel(at)manitou-mail(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit
Date: 2017-12-09 21:45:20
Message-ID: 5408aecc-ba58-1353-d9cb-b00d118b17c6@2ndquadrant.com
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On 12/8/17 10:19, Tom Lane wrote:
> Meh. I never thought that the "help" business was particularly well
> thought out, and this proposal isn't better.

The irony is that before the "help" thing was put in, the psql startup
message said

Type: \copyright for distribution terms
\h for help with SQL commands
\? for help with psql commands
\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query
\q to quit

The perhaps the fix is to revert the "help" thing?

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Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/
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