Re: get rid of psql welcome message

Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> Actually in thinking about this more... I almost thing the default 
> prompt should be:
> 
> -
> psql version 8.2.7, server version 8.3.1 (some features may not work)
> SSL: On {cert info}
> Type help to get help (tab complete enabled)
> -
> 
> So on the prompt they can do:
> 
> help <Tab> <tab> and it would give back:
> 
> help [sql | psql] (or something like that)
> 
> Then if they type:
> 
> help psql, they get back the current \?
> 
> If they type help sql they get back the current \h
> 
> If they don't know what they need, help is the shortest path to find 
> out. If they do know what they need, then we don't need everything else.

Does Win32 have tab completion?  I am wondering if we should lose the
tab and just print:
help [sql | psql]

in the header, again assuming we want to actually have 'help' so
something.  I am afraid the phrase "tab completion" is too complex for
the type of people who need help.  :-)

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