Re: psql environment doc addition

I have modified your patch and applied it, attached. It clearly wasn't
clear to have it at the bottom.

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Andrew Dunstan wrote:
>
> I was looking the other day for a variable that turned out to be
> PGSSLMODE, but the psql docs didn't reveal it to me. I propose to add
> the following para to the psql docs to point to additional info on
> environment variables. I know it's in the SEE ALSO section, but that
> didn't jump out at me, especially on the man page that just says:
>
> SEE ALSO
> Environment Variables (the documentation)
>
>
> Any objections?
>
> cheers
>
> andrew
>
> Index: psql-ref.sgml
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/psql-ref.sgml,v
> retrieving revision 1.172
> diff -c -r1.172 psql-ref.sgml
> *** psql-ref.sgml 23 Oct 2006 18:10:32 -0000 1.172
> --- psql-ref.sgml 21 Nov 2006 14:47:38 -0000
> ***************
> *** 2598,2603 ****
> --- 2598,2610 ----
> <refsect1>
> <title>Environment</title>
>
> + <para>
> + As a <application>libpq</application> application,
> <application>psql</application>
> + is influenced by all the environment variables that influence the
> + <application>libpq</application> library. For a complete list of
> those
> + variables, see <xref linkend="libpq-envars">.
> + </para>
> +
> <variablelist>
> <varlistentry>
> <term><envar>PAGER</envar></term>
>
>
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