Re: psql swallowed my "BEGIN;" on reset... user beware?

After restarting the server in another window, I was surprised that my command did not run in a transaction:

spc_test_scratch=# BEGIN; DROP VIEW IF EXISTS ptest_mip ; DROP VIEW rent_info; \i create.view.rent_info.sql

FATAL:  terminating connection due to administrator command

server closed the connection unexpectedly

        This probably means the server terminated abnormally

        before or while processing the request.

The connection to the server was lost. Attempting reset: Succeeded.

NOTICE:  view "ptest_mip" does not exist, skipping

DROP VIEW

DROP VIEW

CREATE VIEW

spc_test_scratch=# commit;

WARNING:  there is no transaction in progress

COMMIT