| Subject | Re: [ib-support] is there a switch to start isql with active arrow keys? |
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| Author | Paul Reeves |
| Post date | 2002-08-31T10:29:07Z |
sibusiso xolo wrote:
First, you need to set the $EDITOR variable for your environment - I
prefer pico, lots of people are happy with the system default (vi, I
think? Eurgh!).
Then, in ISQL you just type 'edit;' and the last command is loaded into
the editor. Do what you want with it and when you save and exit the
editor the buffer is passed the new string and it is executed by ISQL.
In many ways this is better than command line history as editing a
multi-line statement using the up/down arrow keys is pretty confusing.
Paul
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Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
Supporting users of Firebird and InterBase
> Question: Is there a switch to start isql so that the arrow keys areNo - not in v1.0. This will change with v1.5
> useful?
> At the moment there is no line editing whatsoever each line has toThis is not true and has never been true.
> be typed anew.
First, you need to set the $EDITOR variable for your environment - I
prefer pico, lots of people are happy with the system default (vi, I
think? Eurgh!).
Then, in ISQL you just type 'edit;' and the last command is loaded into
the editor. Do what you want with it and when you save and exit the
editor the buffer is passed the new string and it is executed by ISQL.
In many ways this is better than command line history as editing a
multi-line statement using the up/down arrow keys is pretty confusing.
Paul
--
Paul Reeves
http://www.ibphoenix.com
Supporting users of Firebird and InterBase