Re: [PATCH] Add support to psql for edit-and-execute-command

po 18. 5. 2020 v 12:05 odesílatel Joe Wildish <joe(at)lateraljoin(dot)com> napsal:

> On 18 May 2020, at 7:08, Oleksandr Shulgin wrote:
>
> The only difference from \e is that you don't need to jump to the end of
> input first, I guess?
>
> AIUI, \e will edit the last thing in history or a specific line number
> from history, whereas the patch will allow the current line to be edited.
> That is 99% of the time what I want.
>
> My work flow is typically "Run some queries" => "Go back to some recent
> query by searching history, often not the most recent" => "Edit query". To
> do the edit in an editor (without the patch), I've been deliberately
> nobbling the query once found from history. This allows it to execute (and
> fail) but places it as the most recent thing in history. Then I hit "\e".
>

\e is working with not empty line too.You can check

select 1\e

Your patch just save skip on end line and \e

Personally I think so it is good idea

Pavel

-Joe
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