On Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:43:11 -0400
Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com> wrote:
> Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 August 2008 22:12:47 Greg Sabino Mullane wrote:
> > > moving the documentation further away from it is the wrong idea,
> > > especially if it means firing up a web browser to do so.
> >
> > I can see that argument, but I think we can quite simply solve it
> > if we provide a plain-text version of the configuration chapter of
> > the documentation. You can easily grep that in a second window and
> > don't have to be in-your-face to users who just want to edit the
> > settings.
>
> Hmm, let me suggest providing it as a manpage for postgresql.conf,
> i.e., you run "man postgresql.conf" and it gives you this manpage
> documenting every option.
and native windows help (egad) but yes that would be good.
Joshua D. Drake
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