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

Peter Eisentraut wrote:

> --- 326,337 ----
>                   printf(_("Welcome to %s %s, the PostgreSQL interactive terminal.\n\n"),
>                          pset.progname, PG_VERSION);
>   
> !             if (!(var_welcome_message && strcmp(var_welcome_message, "terse") == 0))
> !                 printf(_("Type:  \\copyright for distribution terms\n"
> !                          "       \\h for help with SQL commands\n"
> !                          "       \\? for help with psql commands\n"
> !                          "       \\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query\n"
> !                          "       \\q to quit\n\n"));

Hmm, how about:

1. removing the \copyright line
2. removing \h and \? in favor of mentioning the new "help" command

So it would look like:

Type:    "help" to obtain usage information\g or terminate with semicolon to execute query\q to quit

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