David Fetter <da...@fetter.org> writes: > On Mon, Aug 02, 2010 at 11:34:02PM -0400, Robert Haas wrote: >> A side question is whether this should be an environment variable or >> a psql variable.
> I'd say "yes." As with $EDITOR/PSQL_EDITOR, there should be something > that looks for an overriding psql variable, drops through to look for > an environment variable, and then to a sane default, for some > reasonable value of "sane." Perhaps this default could depend on OS > (Windows vs. Everything Else) to start with. Well, the thing about $EDITOR is that it's a very-widely-understood convention. This one won't be, so the argument for making it an environment variable seems pretty thin. It'd be saner to set it in your ~/.psqlrc file than to add another few nanoseconds to every process launch you ever do. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-hackers