Richard Huxton wrote:
> Emmanuel Quevillon wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have a basic question about pg client. I know it is possible to let
>> pg complete the name of a table by pressing the arrow key.
>
> It's the Tab key by default, which might be what you're referring to.
Yep.
> > But
>> unfortunately I can't do it while I am connected to pg (8.2) from a
>> gnome terminal.
>> Also the history does not work for me when I press up arraow key.
>
> If it works in your console but not Gnome, then it's worth checking what
> terminal it thinks it is - echo $TERM. Mine says "xterm". It's also
> worth testing some other applications with readline support and see if
> their history/completion
>
It does not work either gnome-terminal or xterm...
> If it doesn't work in the console too, it's probably a problem with your
> readline library.
I think that's the problem, I compiled postgres wihtout
readline... --without-readline
>
Thanks!
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