Re: [COMMITTERS] pgsql: Remove unnecessary xref endterm attributes and title ids The

On lör, 2010-04-03 at 11:15 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Remove unnecessary xref endterm attributes and title ids
>
> > The endterm attribute is mainly useful when the toolchain does not support
> > automatic link target text generation for a particular situation. In the
> > past, this was required by the man page tools for all reference page links,
> > but that is no longer the case, and it now actually gets in the way of
> > proper automatic link text generation. The only remaining use cases are
> > currently xrefs to refsects.
>
> I won't miss the need to write endterm, but what's the "remaining use
> cases" exactly? You need to explain to other people what's the new
> dispensation, if you don't want it to get messed up again.

Right, the upshot is that if the toolchain complains like this

openjade:indices.sgml:101:28:E: [xref to REFSECT2 unsupported]

then it means it cannot create a linkend text automatically and you need
to supply the endterm attribute to tell it what text to use. If it
doesn't complain, endterm should probably not be used.