2014-02-28 23:01 GMT+01:00 Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net>:

>
> On 02/28/2014 04:38 PM, Tom Lane wrote:
>
>> Andrew Dunstan <and...@dunslane.net> writes:
>>
>>> Well, then we just have to add more info to --help
>>>>
>>> +1 for at least doing that. I found it annoying just the other day not
>>> to find it in plsql's --help output, in a moment of brain fade when I
>>> forgot how to spell it. So it's not just beginners who can benefit, it's
>>> people like me whose memory occasionally goes awry.
>>>
>> No objection in principle, but what are we talking about exactly?
>> Adding some new backslash command that lists all the variables that have
>> special meanings?
>>
>
>
> That's a pretty good idea, especially if we give that command a command
> line option too, so something like
>
>    psql --special-variables
>
> would run that command and exit.
>

it can be second one option.

Pavel


>
> Maybe I'm over-egging the pudding a bit ;-)
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>

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