Re: Prompt display in Panther build

[Benjamin Riefenstahl]

Hi Matt,


Matt Tenenbaum <address@hidden> writes:
> [Mac] OS X 10.3 [...]
>
> When I run 'sql-postgres' to start the interactive SQL mode (to
> connect to a local pgsql server) the behavior differs between the
> command line invocation and the Carbon build. In particular, on the
> command line, everything is (or seems) as it is supposed to be; on
> the Carbon build, there is no prompt. If I enter commands (despite
> the lack of prompt) everything behaves normally (it transforms the
> text to boldface and writes the query results, as usual), but I
> still don't get any prompt showing up.

There are (or at least there used to be) problems with pseudo-ttys
(ptys) on Mac OS X, therefore ptys are disabled for some (all?)
operations.  I think the variable process-connection-type controls
this, so you could try to tweak that.


benny