Re: psql screen size - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: psql screen size
Date
Msg-id 28694.1225407649@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: psql screen size  (Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com>)
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Gregory Stark <stark@enterprisedb.com> writes:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> writes:
>> I can confirm that when the pager is open, psql does not resize
>> properly.  Maybe psql is ignoring signals while the pager is open, or
>> something.

> Hm, system() is documented to ignore SIGINT and SIGQUIT I wonder if it's
> (erroneously?) ignoring SIGWINCH as well.

So far as I can see, psql itself doesn't cache screen dimension info
anyplace --- it does an ioctl(TIOCGWINSZ) every time it wants the
numbers.  So if there is a problem here, it's not our bug; must be
readline's fault.

            regards, tom lane

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