Re: document pg_settings view doesn't display custom options

On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 12:48 PM Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> wrote:

> John Naylor <john(dot)naylor(at)enterprisedb(dot)com> writes:
> > Okay, along those lines here's a patch using "this view" in a new
> paragraph
> > for simplicity.
>
> Basically OK with me, but ...
>
> <quibble>
> It seems fairly weird to use a nonspecific reference first and then a
> specific one. That is, I'd expect to read "The pg_settings view ..."
> and then "This view ...", not the other way around. So we could
> put this para second, or put it first but make this para say
> "The pg_settings view ..." while the existing text gets reduced to
> "This view ...".
>
> Or just make them both say "This view ..." so we don't have to have
> this discussion again the next time somebody wants to add a para here.
> </quibble>
>

Okay, how's this?

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