Re: psql slash command '\G'

Ian Barwick <barwick@gmx.net> writes:

> Peter Eisentraut writes:
> > Propose a macro processor.
>
> Why? What do you envisage? What advantages would this, and presumably the fair
> amount of additional and / or re-coding associated, have for me (or anyone
> else) compared to a more specific solution as suggested below?

If you've compiled psql with readline you could just use readline's
macro system. With e.g.

$if Psql
"\M-g": "\\x\\g\\x"
$endif

in your .inputrc, Meta-g would expand to \x\g\x

   Bernhard

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