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Subject: Re: Getting PSQL in Windows to support TAB/Autocomplete via
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From: Laurenz Albe <laurenz.albe@cybertec.at>
To: Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net>,
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Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2022 15:25:24 +0100
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On Wed, 2022-11-23 at 12:56 +0100, Karsten Hilbert wrote:
> 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.

Yes, that would be a great achievement!

Yours,
Laurenz Albe