Re: Can extension build own SGML document?

From: Michael Paquier <michael(dot)paquier(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Jim Nasby <Jim(dot)Nasby(at)bluetreble(dot)com>, Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Kouhei Kaigai <kaigai(at)ak(dot)jp(dot)nec(dot)com>, "pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Can extension build own SGML document?
Date: 2015-09-15 20:29:59
Message-ID: CAB7nPqSs0RD9bVoRyvghLSb38nS2kJpzkuwwu--Vm+DEVvS8+Q@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas(at)gmail(dot)com> wrote:
> I mean, I can't see that building a PDF of the documentation really
> has much value, and I don't know even what else we can build. Who in
> 2015 would use a PDF instead of HTML?
>
> (If there is somebody, that is fine. But I am curious who it is and
> why, because it seems to me like it would just be a nuisance.)

Paper publication, say that for example:
http://www.network-theory.co.uk/postgresql9/vol1a/
I imagine that this applies as well to other languages as it is easier
to maintain a translation of the documentation by hacking the sgml
code.
--
Michael

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