Re: psql command line editing

On 2/12/25 11:44, Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Wed, 12 Feb 2025, Tom Lane wrote:
> 
>> On my machine, Ctrl-Left/Right don't seem to do anything, but the usual
>> Emacs combinations Ctrl-A, Ctrl-E, Escape-B, Escape-F and so on work in
>> psql. I don't believe I did anything special to configure that. Check 
>> your
>> local readline documentation.
> 
> Tom,
> 
> I run psql from a urxvt virtual console, not emacs (which is where I write
> scripts.)

The point Tom was making is that psql uses readline for it's editing 
positioning and that for him Emacs movement commands work in psql.

> 
>> As Adrian notes, there's also \e, which is good for entering
>> or editing multi-line queries.
> 
> Often when updating table rows I'll modify one string and the row ID so 
> I'll
> learn to use \e to move around the string.
> 
> Many thanks,
> 
> Rich
> 
> 

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