Copied from FAQ. I'm a huge fan of CLIs. Especially REPLs. When I first encountered BPython (http://www.bpython-interpreter.org/ http://www.bpython-interpreter

Copied from FAQ. I'm a huge fan of CLIs. Especially REPLs. When I first encountered BPython (http://www.bpython-interpreter.org/ http://www.bpython-interpreter.org/), I fell in love with it. BPython is a Python REPL that has auto-completion, syntax-highlighting and displays the docstring of functions as you type. Once you get used to that level of pampering, all other REPLs start to look like Dumb Terminals. When I started using psql for interacting with my Postgres database, I yearned for a BPython equivalent for psql. One fine day I got a twitter DM from Jonathan Slenders asking me if I'd be interested in trying a new Python library that he's working on called Python-Prompt-Toolkit. This library provided a way to write CLIs without having to deal with curses and had the requisite tools for doing auto-completion and syntax-highlighting. So I jumped at the opportunity to try it out. After I got myself familiarized, I started writing pgcli to scratch my own itch. So this app exists because Jonathan was kind enough to request my feedback.