Hello; I am using PostgreSQL v.10.2 as a root user (sudo -u postgres -i) on my
local Arch Linux installation.
I want to use Neovim (nvim v.0.2.2) as my external editor (\e) in psql; the
current default is the Arch Linux default system editor, vi.
If I add this to my ~/.psqlrc (/home/victoria
Adrian: "... simplest solution would be to add the .vimrc file to the postgres
user directory ..."
Good suggestion; I tried that previously, but will try it again. Thanks! :-)
Ok, here is a clumsy solution.
I have this entry in my /home/victoria/.psqlrc file,
\setenv EDITOR "/usr/bin/nvim"
As you see below, I symlink to that file, from postgres.
[victoria@victoria ~]$ sudo -u postgres -i
[postgres@victoria ~]$ pwd
/var/lib/postgres
[postgres@victo
this:
[victoria@victoria ~]$ pwd
/home/victoria
[victoria@victoria ~]$ createuser -s -U postgres --interactive
Enter name of role to add: victoria
createuser: creation of new role failed: ERROR: role "victoria" already
exists
[victoria@victoria ~]$ createdb
