Re: psql SET/RESET/SHOW tab completion

Learn something new every day...

(and yeah, I never understood why tcsh uses ^D, especially that if you do ^D on a newline you disconnect...)

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Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant      jnasby@pervasive.com
Pervasive Software        http://pervasive.com        512-569-9461

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Lane [mailto:tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us]
> Sent: Monday, August 22, 2005 2:58 PM
> To: Jim Nasby
> Cc: Bruce Momjian; Michael Fuhr; pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [HACKERS] psql SET/RESET/SHOW tab completion
>
>
> "Jim C. Nasby" <jnasby@pervasive.com> writes:
> > What about going the route of tcsh (and I'm sure others)
> where ^D shows
> > you what your options are for tab-completion? This makes it
> much easier
> > to find the option you're looking for.
>
> readline does that already ... just not with ^D (which seems a dang
> weird choice for it anyway).  Try tab twice.
>
>             regards, tom lane
>