On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 5:51 PM Thomas Munro <thomas.mu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2022 at 4:25 AM Kirk Wolak <wol...@gmail.com> wrote: > > In researching this problem, it appears that the decision was made > like 17yrs ago, when windows did not have a realistic "terminal" type > interface. > > FWIW PostgreSQL 16 will require Windows 10+. Not a Windows user > > Re configuration flags: don't waste time with the old perl-based build > system. The configuration should be done only with the new *meson* > ... love this feature. It would be good if the tests in > src/bin/psql/t/010_tab_completion.pl pass on Windows, but if that's > hard, don't let that stop you sharing a patch. > Okay, my "hacked" version actually passed all the tests (manually) except FILE completion. (2 versions of readdir(), readline() called it's own, but landed in ours [linker symbol issues]). I understand the problems well enough. I am going to change gears, and move to meson. Without that, when I link readline() w/o any library/approach changes (mingw), arrow keys don't work. (but Ctrl Keys, History and Tab do). Thanks for the support!
