| Subject | Re: [ib-support] is there a switch to start isql with active arrow keys? |
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| Author | sibusiso xolo |
| Post date | 2002-09-01T18:55:41Z |
On Sunday 01 September 2002 01:27, Bill Katelis wrote:
ancient but ever useful vi seems OK.
> xolo - you can get what you want if you want to use emacs ...Many thanks but so far following paul beach's excellent help and using the
>
> There is a emacs-lisp library available "sql.el" for the isql interface
> which allows command line editing ...
>
> bill
ancient but ever useful vi seems OK.
>
> sibusiso xolo wrote:
> >Paul Beach wrote:
> >>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
> >
> >many thanks i tried with vi and it worked fine. And it is possible to cut
> > and past with the mouse with vi, making table inserts even easier.
> >
> >On Saturday 31 August 2002 10:29, Paul Reeves wrote:
> >>sibusiso xolo wrote:
> >>>Question: Is there a switch to start isql so that the arrow keys are
> >>>useful?
> >>
> >>No - not in v1.0. This will change with v1.5
> >>
> >>>At the moment there is no line editing whatsoever each line has to
> >>>be typed anew.
> >>
> >>This is not true and has never been true.
> >>
> >>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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