>> For two states:
>> * for being executed (beware, it is ***important***)
>
> It does lend importance, but that's also the line continuation marker for
> "comment". Would that be a problem?
Argh. Indeed, even if people seldom type C comments in psql interactive
mode...
Remaining ASCII characters I can thing of, hopefully avoiding already used
ones: +%,@$\`|&:;_
So, maybe consider these ones: "+" for it is "on" "`" which is a "sub-shell execution" "&" for "and the next command
is..."
>> / for not (under the hood, and it is opposed to *)
>
> +1, I was going to suggest '/' for a false state, with two possible
> metaphors to justify it
> 1. the slash in a "no" sign ("no smoking", ghostbusters, etc)
> 2. the leading char of a c/java/javascript comment (what is written here
> is just words, not code)
Great.
--
Fabien.