Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

On Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 10:03 PM, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
> Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com> writes:
>> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>>> I can see that argument, but I think we can quite simply solve it if we
>>> provide a plain-text version of the configuration chapter of the
>>> documentation.
>
>> Hmm, let me suggest providing it as a manpage for postgresql.conf, i.e.,
>> you run "man postgresql.conf" and it gives you this manpage documenting
>> every option.
>
> Seems a bit Unix-centric, but +1 for it on Unix machines anyway.
> Is there any near equivalent on Windows?

No. There are helpfiles (which consist of a navigation tree and a
bunch of pages), but they're what we use for the main docs. There's
nothing akin to a man page.
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Dave Page
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