Re: A smaller default postgresql.conf

Dave Page wrote:
> 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:

> >> 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.

Well, so we provide a reference to the help file and that's it. If
there's a way to provide a link in the config file that would
automatically open the appropriate help file on click, that would be
perfect.

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