Re: BUG #11986: psql uses pager inside Emacs shell buffer (not a terminal)

Thanks Bruce M. for your offer to write a patch. I looked at the psql code but it was a bit more complex than I expected (what program isn't?) so I would be happy to take you up on your offer.

For detecting the emacs 'dumb' shell mode, where a pager doesn't make sense, any of the suggested environment variable methods would work and I don't think it matters which.

Of course this small change (and it is indeed a UI enhancement, not a bug) has stirred up opinions. The way I see it is that psql is trying to be friendly by guessing whether the user wants to run a pager or not. If it were written to be simple and correct (as is the right approach for core database code) then it would never do such guessing; the pager would have to be explicitly requested. If psql is going to guess on the user's behalf, it makes sense to do a good job.

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Ed Avis <eda(at)waniasset(dot)com>

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