Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit

From: Everaldo Canuto <everaldo(dot)canuto(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com
Cc: David Fetter <david(at)fetter(dot)org>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Szymon Lipiński <mabewlun(at)gmail(dot)com>, Oliver Ford <ojford(at)gmail(dot)com>, pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit
Date: 2017-12-11 13:41:56
Message-ID: CACYgWUmzwHSdhhJ6Gzz-BKZ_hVnd=BgqnJP_gn2gZA-XdwnnrA@mail.gmail.com
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Hello.

On Mon, Dec 11, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Fabrízio de Royes Mello <
fabriziomello(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

>
> And what about create some way to create aliases for meta-commands in
> psql? Something like:
>
> \alias quit \q
> \alias exit \q
>
> We also can create a special config variable to enable/disable use of
> aliases:
>
> \set USE_ALIAS on
>

I don't think it will fix the problem, if you don't know how to use "\q",
"\alias exit \q" and "exit" will be even harder.
Remember, it is basically to help newcomers.

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