Re: Small bug fix in readline promt handling - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Small bug fix in readline promt handling
Date
Msg-id 200512290207.jBT27rx00177@candle.pha.pa.us
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In response to Small bug fix in readline promt handling  (Martin Pitt <martin@piware.de>)
List pgsql-bugs
Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:

    http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches

It will be applied as soon as one of the PostgreSQL committers reviews
and approves it.

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Martin Pitt wrote:
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> Hi!
>
> When using %[ and %] (prompt length ignore area) in .psqlrc's prompt
> formats, psql sends a \001 before the actual readline commands
> (RL_PROMPT_{START,END}_IGNORE). This is the way bash handles the
> shell's PSx format, but it is not a readline command, but a bash
> specific quirk.
>
> Example .psqlrc:
> \set PROMPT1 '%[%033[0;35m%]%/@%m%R%#%[%033[0;22m%] '
>
> -> not correctly handled, the cursor will be in the middle of the
> prompt.
>
> Attached patch fixes this. This was investigated and patched by Aaron
> Schrab <aaron@schrab.com>, full details at http://bugs.debian.org/343616
>
> Thank you for considering this, and have a merry christmas!
>
> Martin
>
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