Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for
Date
Msg-id 23439.1039501553@sss.pgh.pa.us
Whole thread Raw
In response to Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for  (Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au>)
List pgsql-hackers
Philip Warner <pjw@rhyme.com.au> writes:
> This would be OK, but I'd be very happy with DESCRIBE, especially if 
> tab-completion meant I could type 'DESC<tab>TAB<tab><name>' instead of 
> 'DESCRIBE TABLE <name>'.

That's quicker than <backslash><shift><D><unshift><t><space><name> ?

I don't want to sound like I've got some kind of religious objection
to DESCRIBE, but it was just a couple of hours ago that someone was
objecting to "\D" because it'd require touching the shift key.  Let's
get a bit realistic on the ease-of-typing arguments here.
        regards, tom lane


pgsql-hackers by date:

Previous
From: Philip Warner
Date:
Subject: Re: psql's \d commands --- end of the line for
Next
From: Tom Lane
Date:
Subject: Re: tuple descriptors?