Re: [DOCS] backpatching documentation after conversion to XML - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Jürgen Purtz
Subject Re: [DOCS] backpatching documentation after conversion to XML
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Msg-id 16ce423b-d451-587b-93f8-86a687666f8f@purtz.de
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In response to [DOCS] backpatching documentation after conversion to XML  (Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentraut@2ndquadrant.com>)
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On 21.10.2017 18:57, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> One workaround (other than being careful) would be to write
>
>      <xref linkend="foo"></xref>
>
> and maintain that style until the last SGML-based version goes EOL.
>
> Another workaround would be to backpatch a check that greps for
> something like '[^<]/>' in *.sgml and errors on that.
Just to classify the impact: afaik we use the 'empty tag' technique for 
the three docbook tags 'xref' (>3000 times), 'co' (7 times), and 
'footnoteref' (4 times).

Jürgen Purtz



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