Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit

From: Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj>
To: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
Cc: Chapman Flack <chap(at)anastigmatix(dot)net>, Geoff Winkless <pgsqladmin(at)geoff(dot)dj>, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>, Laurenz Albe <laurenz(dot)albe(at)cybertec(dot)at>, Everaldo Canuto <everaldo(dot)canuto(at)gmail(dot)com>, Vik Fearing <vik(dot)fearing(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Stephen Frost <sfrost(at)snowman(dot)net>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)alvh(dot)no-ip(dot)org>, Pg Hackers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit
Date: 2018-01-17 15:00:54
Message-ID: CAEzk6fc4dXRoNYBLsP51tDiZwPRvrH6E+WYR8DS7T-Nm8S=E+g@mail.gmail.com
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On 17 January 2018 at 14:50, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> (I'm still not very sure which of ^C and ^D have Windows equivalents.)

Ctrl-C quits immediately for me no matter what input stage I'm at in
Windows' psql. Ctrl-Z (DOS EOF) only quits after enter is pressed and
only at beginning-of-line, so I'd say suggesting the user uses Ctrl-C
in windows makes sense. ^D doesn't appear to be a special character at
all.

Geoff

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