From: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-general@lists.postgresql.org
Subject: Re: Getting PSQL in Windows to support TAB/Autocomplete via modified readline...
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 12:56:36 +0100
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Am Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 11:59:59PM -0500 schrieb Kirk Wolak:
> > It's OK to post a work-in-progress patch to pgsql-hackers, even if it
> > doesn't work right yet. With any luck, people will show up to help
> > with problems. I am 100% sure that our Windows user community would
> > love this feature. It would be good if the tests in
> > src/bin/psql/t/010_tab_completion.pl pass on Windows, but if that's
> > hard, don't let that stop you sharing a patch.
> >
>
> Thomas, thanks for that! So new to this, I didn't realize... That's a
> great idea.
> Honestly not sure how to even run it?
>
> Thanks for the support, it's encouraging... especially when I know there's
> an 80% chance that
> this may fail to get accepted for any number of reasons.
I don't think that estimate needs to be that pessimistic.
Thanks for the effort to bring tab completion to psql on windows.
Karsten
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