It is actually still in my mailbox to be added to TODO when I get up to it.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 20:59 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > > > Tom Lane wrote: > > > > > Richard Troy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > ... it occurs to me that perhaps Josh can implement > > > > > > a command line switch to turn on command line numbering. > > > > > > > > > > That would solve the problem I have with changing \s. I think a psql > > > > > \set variable (comparable to ON_ERROR_STOP and friends) might be the > > > > > way > > > > > to go instead of inventing another \-command, but it's not real > > > > > important. > > > > > > > > So, is anybody working on this? I think it should be put in the TODO > > > > list: > > > > > > > > - Allow psql to display item numbers along each history item, depending > > > > on a \set variable > > > > > > I thought Joshua Drake was going to submit a patch, but if doesn't > > > appear shortly, I will add it to the TODO list with the agreed API. > > > > I will claim this for now. I will let it go if I can't get at least > > something productive done on it by end of January. > > Now that the embargo period seems to be over, I think it would be a good > time to add it to the TODO list. Also, I'd modify the idea slightly to > allow a more general facility, using %-escapes (or similar) for line > numbers, dates and so on. Bash allows something like this (albeit > limited to only times) using the HISTTIMEFORMAT environment variable. > > This is the first case I know of of an embargo to an agreed TODO item. > Why was it put in place? I find it distracting, because the item has to > be put on someone else's TODO list and then that person has to pinch > others to get it added to the central TODO list. Not sure I see the > point. (I understand about bashing Joshua ---a sport I also practice in > Command Prompt's internal lists ;-) --- but in this case it seems to be > counterproductive). > > -- > Alvaro Herrera http://www.CommandPrompt.com/ > The PostgreSQL Company - Command Prompt, Inc. > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly -- Bruce Momjian [EMAIL PROTECTED] EnterpriseDB http://www.enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can be your backup. + ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 1: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate subscribe-nomail command to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so that your message can get through to the mailing list cleanly
