Re: BUG #11986: psql uses pager inside Emacs shell buffer (not a terminal) - Mailing list pgsql-bugs

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 03:48:45AM +0000, Ed Avis wrote:
> >A truly dumb terminal would be where you'd need a pager the most
>
> That is true but how many are using teletypes these days?  If the
> terminal type is 'dumb' that indicates for sure that some other
> program is processing the output. Nobody is running psql inside a
> terminal which is truly bereft of cursor movement commands - except
> perhaps on Windows, which can be detected separately.

Many shell scripts run from cron have a 'dumb' terminal value.

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