Re: Improving psql slash usage help message

On 2020-07-21 17:10, Tom Lane wrote:
> Hamid Akhtar <hamid.akhtar@gmail.com> writes:
>> So are you suggesting to not fix this or do a more detailed review and
>> assess what other psql messages can be grouped together.
> 
> I was just imagining merging the entries for the commands that are
> implemented by listTables().  If you see something else that would
> be worth doing, feel free to suggest it, but that wasn't what I was
> thinking of.

It used to be like that, but it was changed here: 
9491c82f7103d62824d3132b8c7dc44609f2f56b

I'm not sure which way is better.  Right now, a question like "how do I 
list all indexes" is easily answered by the help output.  Under the 
other scheme, it's hidden behind a layer of metasyntax.

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