Re: get rid of psql welcome message

Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Around
> <http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-patches/2008-01/msg00089.php>
> it was proposed to truncate the psql welcome screen.  What do you
> think about that?
> 
> Personally, I'd get rid of it all, because it gets boring after about
> three uses, so that we would be at

If we have readline installed, we could perhaps have it show the first
time you launch psql, but if there is a .psql_history file around,
don't show it?


> peter@colt:~$ psql testdb
> testdb=#
> 
> The version mismatch warning would remain, of course.
> 
> I'd also like to get rid of the SSL notice but I'm not sure what to
> replace it by.  Something in the prompt perhaps?

That would work. It just has to keep being possible to quickly see if
a connection is secured.

//Magnus