Re: [PATCH] psql \n shortcut for set search_path =

On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 12:00:06PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy@gmail.com> writes:
> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:09 AM, Colin 't Hart <colin@sharpheart.org> wrote:
> >> Attached please find a trivial patch for psql which adds a \n
> >> meta command as a shortcut for typing set search_path =.
>
> > I think the use-case is a bit narrow: saving a few characters
> > typing on a command not everyone uses very often (I don't), at the
> > expense of adding yet another command to remember.
>
> Another point here is that we are running low on single-letter
> backslash command names in psql.  I'm not sure that "SET
> SEARCH_PATH" is so useful as to justify using up one of the ones
> that are left.
>
> ISTM there was some discussion awhile back about user-definable
> typing shortcuts in psql.

In some sense, we already have them:

\set FOO 'SELECT * FROM pg_stat_activity;'
...
:FOO

Was there more to it?