Re: Documentation epub format - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Bruce Momjian
Subject Re: Documentation epub format
Date
Msg-id 20130503133053.GH5933@momjian.us
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In response to Re: Documentation epub format  (Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>)
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On Fri, May  3, 2013 at 07:57:07AM +0200, Fabien COELHO wrote:
> 
> >>This seems to suggest that instead of generating one large ebook, the
> >>build should generate a set of ebooks, say one for each part. At the
> >>minimum, a less detailed toc could be more usable and help navigate the
> >>huge contents.
> >
> >Once upon a time we had multiple books as documentation, then at
> >some point we merged them. It was quite a few years ago.
> >
> >I would agree at this point that we need to consider breaking them
> >up again. The documentation is unwieldy.
> 
> PostgreSQL documentation in PDF seemed quite usable on the same
> ipad, so maybe there is no unique answer. I like the principle and
> simplicity of "one" document to move around, so sticking to that if
> possible seems better.

No question that PDF readers with collapsable index sections is a huge
win for our documentation.  It isn't really the docs itself that control
that.

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