Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements

From: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com>, Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: [DOCS] Doc fixes and improvements
Date: 2010-09-11 21:10:48
Message-ID: 201009112110.o8BLAmX14329@momjian.us
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Robert Haas wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> > Thom Brown <thom(at)linux(dot)com> writes:
> >> On 10 September 2010 21:05, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> >>> You know, I hate to say it, but this is just way too busy for my taste.
> >>> The typography is screaming "look at me" instead of staying out of the
> >>> way. ?I can't imagine wanting to read any large amount of docs in this
> >>> presentation.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe I'm in the minority.
> >
> >> Do you have any specific recommendations? ?What would tone it down?
> >
> > I still think the colored backgrounds are overused, and there's way too
> > much bold text. ?AFAICS all the fixed-width-font text is now bold too,
> > to no improvement in readability.
>
> It's way too much boldface for my taste, too. I am not sure I agree
> that the colored backgrounds are overused.

I think you should look at Thom's version, which is more current:

http://pgweb.darkixion.com:8081/docs/8.4/static/sql-syntax-lexical.html

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