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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml')
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml index db314c326fd..29ad1aa275a 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml @@ -277,7 +277,8 @@ EOF <term><option>--no-readline</></term> <listitem> <para> - Do not use <application>readline</application> for line editing and do not use the history. + Do not use <application>Readline</application> for line editing and do + not use the command history. This can be useful to turn off tab expansion when cutting and pasting. </para> </listitem> @@ -2357,12 +2358,13 @@ lo_import 152801 <term><literal>\s [ <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable> ]</literal></term> <listitem> <para> - Print or save the command line history to <replaceable - class="parameter">filename</replaceable>. If <replaceable - class="parameter">filename</replaceable> is omitted, the history - is written to the standard output. This option is only available - if <application>psql</application> is configured to use the - <acronym>GNU</acronym> <application>Readline</application> library. + Print <application>psql</application>'s command line history + to <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable>. + If <replaceable class="parameter">filename</replaceable> is omitted, + the history is written to the standard output (using the pager if + appropriate). This command is not available + if <application>psql</application> was built + without <application>Readline</application> support. </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> |