Re: doc: fast access to server parameters

From: Fujii Masao <masao(dot)fujii(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: Euler Taveira <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: doc: fast access to server parameters
Date: 2026-08-05 12:47:18
Message-ID: CAHGQGwG4v+F6_hTKSd3HJ3UYtO0mo6jYP_OmbLVrqxBM6OjFmw@mail.gmail.com
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On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 4:37 AM Euler Taveira <euler(at)eulerto(dot)com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> If you want to check a GUC description, you access the "Server Configuration"
> chapter and then need to figure out what is the exact section. Sometimes you
> need a back-and-forth until find the exact GUC. You can click on the section
> 19.X and then browse to find the GUC. I was wondering if there is a better (and
> fast) way to find a GUC.

Isn't the existing index sufficient for jumping from a known GUC name to
its documentation? If some GUCs are missing from the index or are hard to find,
it seems better to improve the index entries than to add a second generated
list of the same items.

Regards,

--
Fujii Masao

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