On Mon, 2021-05-10 at 02:03 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: > When using \e in psql, if the buffer is not modified by the editor, ignore > the editor contents and leave the buffer unchanged (Laurenz Albe) > The \ef and \ev commands also now have this behavior. DOCS SAY BUFFER IS > CLEARED.
It's a bit more complicated: If you edit the current buffer with \e, the buffer is unchanged if you quit the editor. However, if you edit the previous statement, a file or the definition of a function or view, the query buffer is cleared if you quit the editor without saving. Suggested wording: When editing anything else than the current query buffer with \e, and you quit the editor, the query buffer is cleared. This makes the behavior less surprising and prevents the unintended re-execution of the previous statement. Yours, Laurenz Albe
