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* how to invoke edtor?
@ 2008-10-10 04:42 Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
2008-10-10 07:46 ` Re: how to invoke edtor? Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
2008-10-10 14:40 ` Re: how to invoke edtor? Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
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From: Jagadeesh @ 2008-10-10 04:42 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
HI,
how can I invoke editor like vim from postgres? This helps me in
editing large and complex queries.
Thanks
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* Re: how to invoke edtor?
2008-10-10 04:42 how to invoke edtor? Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
@ 2008-10-10 07:46 ` Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
2008-10-10 09:07 ` Re: how to invoke edtor? Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
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From: Jagadeesh @ 2008-10-10 07:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
On Oct 10, 9:42 am, Jagadeesh <mnjagade...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI,
>
> how can I invoke editor like vim from postgres? This helps me in
> editing large and complex queries.
> Thanks
I just got to know emacs can be used for it. Is there any other
method?
I am using FreeBSD.
Thanks
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* Re: how to invoke edtor?
2008-10-10 04:42 how to invoke edtor? Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
2008-10-10 07:46 ` Re: how to invoke edtor? Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
@ 2008-10-10 09:07 ` Guillaume Lelarge <guillaume@lelarge.info>
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From: Guillaume Lelarge @ 2008-10-10 09:07 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
Jagadeesh a écrit :
> On Oct 10, 9:42 am, Jagadeesh <mnjagade...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>[...]
>> how can I invoke editor like vim from postgres? This helps me in
>> editing large and complex queries.
>> Thanks
>
> I just got to know emacs can be used for it. Is there any other
> method?
> I am using FreeBSD.
>
Change the EDITOR environment variable.
export EDITOR=vim
and psql will use vim as the query editor with \e metacommand.
--
Guillaume.
http://www.postgresqlfr.org
http://dalibo.com
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* Re: how to invoke edtor?
2008-10-10 04:42 how to invoke edtor? Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
@ 2008-10-10 14:40 ` Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
2008-11-17 11:02 ` Re: how to invoke edtor? Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
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From: Alvaro Herrera @ 2008-10-10 14:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>; +Cc: pgsql-admin
Jagadeesh escribió:
> HI,
>
> how can I invoke editor like vim from postgres? This helps me in
> editing large and complex queries.
Use \e, and make sure EDITOR is set to the editor of your preference.
--
Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
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* Re: how to invoke edtor?
2008-10-10 04:42 how to invoke edtor? Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
2008-10-10 14:40 ` Re: how to invoke edtor? Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
@ 2008-11-17 11:02 ` Jagadeesh <mnjagadeesh@gmail.com>
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From: Jagadeesh @ 2008-11-17 11:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: pgsql-admin
On Oct 10, 7:40 pm, alvhe...@commandprompt.com (Alvaro Herrera) wrote:
> Jagadeesh escribió:
>
> > HI,
>
> > how can I invoke editor like vim from postgres? This helps me in
> > editing large and complex queries.
>
> Use \e, and make sure EDITOR is set to the editor of your preference.
>
> --
> Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/
> The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc.
>
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This helped me a lot. Thanks for all you help.
Thanks
Jagadeesh
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