Francisco Olarte <folarte@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > On Thu, Jul 7, 2016 at 8:18 PM, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I've wished sometimes for a "\set READLINE off" psql metacommand for >> this kind of thing. It's pretty annoying when the text being pasted >> contains tabs and readline uses to do completion. > Doesn't 'cat | psql ' disable it? Sure, but you could as well use 'psql -n'. I think the point is to be able to turn it on and off without starting a fresh session. (Admittedly, maybe there's not a lot of usability gain there.) regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-general mailing list (pgsql-general@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.postgresql.org/mailpref/pgsql-general