Re: make create_table.sgml Synopsis section less wide

From: "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>
To: jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>
Cc: "pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org" <pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: make create_table.sgml Synopsis section less wide
Date: 2025-09-26 00:11:11
Message-ID: CAKFQuwYXOnTas+E7N-D6xjBR2foP1KE71nKQ77Ufb=E45FiVRQ@mail.gmail.com
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On Thursday, September 25, 2025, jian he <jian(dot)universality(at)gmail(dot)com>
wrote:

> hi.
>
> https://www.postgresql.org/docs/devel/sql-createtable.html
> Synopsis section,
> The second line is currently too long, and the explanation for
> exclude_element
> (the third line from the bottom) is also quite wide (lengthy), the
> like_option also too long.
>
> I mentioned this earlier, and while working on CREATE TABLE LIKE related
> features, I came across this minor issue again.
>
> If we make it less wide, then we don't need to scroll horizontally.
> please check the attached screenshot to see the effect of the change
>
> what do you think?
>

I’m not able to give this much attention myself at the moment, hence it
being in drafts, but here is where this topic presently stands.

https://www.postgresql.org/message-id/flat/CAKFQuwYfMV-2SdrP-umr5SVNSqTn378BUvHsebetp5%3DDhT494w%40mail.gmail.com

https://commitfest.postgresql.org/patch/5547/

David J.

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