Re: get rid of psql welcome message - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: get rid of psql welcome message
Date
Msg-id 200804191643.m3JGhdv08999@momjian.us
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In response to Re: get rid of psql welcome message  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Joshua D. Drake wrote:
> > My thoughts are to have the initial prompt look something like this:
> >
> > --
> > psql 8.1.10 - Server version 8.2.7 (some features may not work)
> >
> > Type: \h for SQL help, \? for psql help, \q to quit
> >
> > SSL: On {cert info}
> > --
> 
> I think the information that you use \g or semicolon to launch a query is 
> surprisingly non-obvious to some users.  One reason is that it doesn't always 
> work that way in the interactive terminals of other database systems.  I 
> think that bit should be kept in the verbose version of the message.

Agreed.  \g/; is pretty basic stuff and it seems there is room on the
line.
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