Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: proposal: alternative psql commands quit and exit
Date: 2017-12-08 15:17:28
Message-ID: CAKFQuwbL2m1VCdrNe1ODMORXAdLDxusdB7_CqEcO0rkf_h-ghg@mail.gmail.com
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On Fri, Dec 8, 2017 at 8:09 AM, Ryan Murphy <ryanfmurphy(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:

> ​There isn't going to be that much appetite for this just so that people
>> can use PostgreSQL without reading our documentation: or the output of
>> typing "help" at the psql prompt that says "type \q to quit".​
>>
>> For example, while I think "quit" is a good idea, it'd be a shame if it
> caused people to never find out about \ commands.
>

​I suppose the only bad thing about introducing "exit"​, which itself seems
like the more common choice for program stopping command, is that someone
might end up inferring that "\e" should work to exit the program instead of
opening an editor...

David J.

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