Re: Suspected documentation error

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: scoobster17(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Suspected documentation error
Date: 2026-05-06 14:13:03
Message-ID: 768685.1778076783@sss.pgh.pa.us
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"David G. Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com> writes:
> On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 6:52 AM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:
>> I'm inclined to try to fix it via formatting: change HH and MM to
>> lower case and wrap them in <replaceable> so they render in italics.

> And isn't replaceable usually something the user is expected to provide a
> value for - not something the system populates?

No, I think it just means "this word is not literally what you'd see
or type".

regards, tom lane

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