Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-09-10 Thread Robert Treat
On Fri, Sep 9, 2022 at 1:52 PM Tom Lane wrote: > > I wrote: > > On testing that in HEAD, I read > > > Both the system-wide startup file and the user's personal startup file > > can be made psql-version-specific by appending a dash and the > > PostgreSQL major or minor release number to

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-09-09 Thread Tom Lane
I wrote: > On testing that in HEAD, I read > Both the system-wide startup file and the user's personal startup file > can be made psql-version-specific by appending a dash and the > PostgreSQL major or minor release number to the file name, for example > ~/.psqlrc-16 or ~/.psqlrc-1

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-09-08 Thread Tom Lane
Julien Rouhaud writes: > On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 01:10:11PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > - for example ~/.psqlrc-9.2 or > - ~/.psqlrc-9.2.5. The most specific > + for example ~/.psqlrc-15 or > + ~/.psqlrc-15.2. The most specific > This bit is a bit saddening. It's probably good to

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-09-08 Thread Julien Rouhaud
On Wed, Sep 07, 2022 at 01:10:11PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > After looking at the text more carefully, I thought it could use > a deal more help than Robert has given it. I propose the attached. It looks good to me. - for example ~/.psqlrc-9.2 or - ~/.psqlrc-9.2.5. The most specific +

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-09-07 Thread Tom Lane
After looking at the text more carefully, I thought it could use a deal more help than Robert has given it. I propose the attached. regards, tom lane diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index 186f8c506a..f8112c1500 100644 --- a/doc

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-07-28 Thread Tom Lane
Julien Rouhaud writes: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 10:04:12AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: >> If all supported versions do have home directories now, should we >> instead think about aligning the Windows behavior with everywhere >> else? > As far as I know the expected usage on Windows is still different

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-07-28 Thread Julien Rouhaud
On Thu, Jul 28, 2022 at 10:04:12AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > Julien Rouhaud writes: > > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 02:42:11PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > >> The attached patch tweaks the wording around finding the psqlrc file > >> on windows, with the primary goal of removing the generally incorrect

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-07-28 Thread Tom Lane
Julien Rouhaud writes: > On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 02:42:11PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote: >> The attached patch tweaks the wording around finding the psqlrc file >> on windows, with the primary goal of removing the generally incorrect >> statement that windows has no concept of a home directory. > W

Re: small windows psqlrc re-wording

2022-07-28 Thread Julien Rouhaud
Hi, On Wed, Jul 27, 2022 at 02:42:11PM -0400, Robert Treat wrote: > > The attached patch tweaks the wording around finding the psqlrc file > on windows, with the primary goal of removing the generally incorrect > statement that windows has no concept of a home directory. Windows only has a concep