Tom Lane wrote: > This appears to have been a deliberate change: > > 2003-03-27 11:45 momjian > > * src/bin/psql/tab-complete.c: Attached are two patches for psql's > tab-completion.c. > [snip] > > Note that tables, indexes, views and sequences relations in the > 'pg_catalog' namespace are excluded even though they are in the > current search path. I found not doing this produced annoying > behaviour when expanding names beginning with 'p'. People who work > with system tables a lot may not like this though; I can look for > another solution if necessary. > > Ian Barwick > > AFAICT there was no discussion about this issue when the patch was > proposed and applied. But now that the point is raised I have to say > that I don't like this change. I don't think system catalogs should be > excluded from tab completion. They never were before 7.4, and I have > not seen anyone complaining about that, other than Ian. > > Comments anyone?
No one commented on it so it was applied --- now that we have two people who don't like it, seems we should back it out. -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL PROTECTED] | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073 ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 4: Don't 'kill -9' the postmaster
