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Old 04-12-2008, 06:11 AM
Magnus Hagander
 
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Default Re: The improvement for psql of 8.2beta1 not

> >> The test shows that it's OK under Linux (Slackware), but
> >> malfunctioned on Windows XP.

> >
> > Good point. We don't use readline on Win32, but rather the native
> > command-line control, over which we have little control.

>
> Does libedit compile under mingw?


No. At least, it didn't the last couple of times I've tried it.

//Magnus

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Old 04-12-2008, 06:12 AM
Merlin Moncure
 
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Default Re: The improvement for psql of 8.2beta1 not

On 10/8/06, Magnus Hagander <mha@sollentuna.net> wrote:
> > >> The test shows that it's OK under Linux (Slackware), but
> > >> malfunctioned on Windows XP.
> > >
> > > Good point. We don't use readline on Win32, but rather the native
> > > command-line control, over which we have little control.

> >
> > Does libedit compile under mingw?

>
> No. At least, it didn't the last couple of times I've tried it.


I compile psql with cygwin to get the readline version. Also the
win32 version defatults to pagination with 'more' instead of 'less'.

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