Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6 - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6
Date
Msg-id 200805150014.m4F0ENV24773@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
Responses Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6  ("Joshua D. Drake" <jd@commandprompt.com>)
Re: Patch to change psql default banner v6  (Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>)
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Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>
> > If you type 'help' it just repeats the startup banner suggestion:
> >
> >     test=> help
> >
> >     You are using psql, the command-line interface to PostgreSQL.
> >     Type \? for help.
>
> I think we wanted to have more information in 'help', not less.  Making
> it just repeat the startup info is not very helpful.

I thought about that, but aren't we just repeating the top of \?.  Is
that helpful?  Should we just display \?.

I know we decided not to do that, but I am trying to figure out what the
goal if 'help' is?  To display the most frequently-used help commands?
Aren't they at the top of \?.

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