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From Tom Lane
Subject Re: Command editing with psql and OS X
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In response to Command editing with psql and OS X  (Eric B.Ridge <ebr@tcdi.com>)
Responses Re: Command editing with psql and OS X  (Eric B.Ridge <ebr@tcdi.com>)
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"Eric B.Ridge" <ebr@tcdi.com> writes:
> How the heck do you enable command editing (ie, up/down arrows, tab for
> table name completion, etc, etc) in psql on OS X (10.2.x)?  I could
> never get it to work with 7.2 and it doesn't work with 7.3 either.  :(
> I've installed the latest readline and tried about 10 million (give or
> take) different TERM settings.

Should work if you reconfigure and rebuild PG after installing readline.
Keep an eye on the configure output to make sure it's finding readline.

            regards, tom lane

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