Re: SGML docs and pdf single-quotes - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: SGML docs and pdf single-quotes
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Msg-id 19472.1199069897@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to SGML docs and pdf single-quotes  ("E. Rijkers" <er@xs4all.nl>)
Responses Re: SGML docs and pdf single-quotes  (Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>)
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"E. Rijkers" <er@xs4all.nl> writes:
>   Using the pdf version of the postgres manual I wonder if
> it wouldn't be better to replace single-quotes inside
> <programlisting> with ' (apostrophe).

Having to deal with entity-izing & and < is bad enough;
doing it for ' is something up with which I will not put.

> On the other hand, maybe this conversion of  ' to
> &apod;  should be built into the xslt processing (to leave
> the sgml more readable)?

That would be tolerable.

            regards, tom lane

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