Re: non-ASCII characters in SGML documentation (and elsewhere)

From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre(at)commandprompt(dot)com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Susanne Ebrecht <susanne(at)2ndquadrant(dot)com>, Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net>, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: non-ASCII characters in SGML documentation (and elsewhere)
Date: 2011-10-24 15:28:29
Message-ID: 1319470092-sup-8476@alvh.no-ip.org
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Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of mié oct 12 18:21:19 -0300 2011:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Excerpts from Susanne Ebrecht's message of vie may 20 09:04:26 -0400 2011:
> > > On 20.05.2011 13:56, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > >> * Should we allow non-ASCII characters in general source files?
> > > > Prefer "no" here.
> > >
> > > I only see two reasons for non-ASCII signs in English.
> > > Either it is a foreign name of e.g. a person
> > > or it is a word that English took from French like in dj vu.
> >
> > I'd like my name accented in the release notes, thanks.
>
> Sure, you want the first "A" in Alvaro with an accent. I would love to
> backpatch that but it would be royal pain. I am afraid it can only
> easily be done in future release notes.

Many thanks, Bruce.

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