| From: | Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us> |
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| To: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us> |
| Cc: | "David G(dot) Johnston" <david(dot)g(dot)johnston(at)gmail(dot)com>, scoobster17(at)gmail(dot)com, pgsql-docs(at)lists(dot)postgresql(dot)org |
| Subject: | Re: Suspected documentation error |
| Date: | 2026-05-14 15:30:15 |
| Message-ID: | agXqh-3xDAOZvfid@momjian.us |
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On Wed, May 6, 2026 at 10:13:03AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> "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".
I came up with the attached patch. I think 'mm' is just too much like
months so I sent with 'mi', and the "replaceable" tag was already there.
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