Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Remove trailing whitespaces from documentation - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Remove trailing whitespaces from documentation
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Msg-id 20161214221706.ph2fdu5qhmruzghg@alvherre.pgsql
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In response to Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Remove trailing whitespaces from documentation  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
Responses Re: [HACKERS] [PATCH] Remove trailing whitespaces from documentation  (Stephen Frost <sfrost@snowman.net>)
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Tom Lane wrote:

> Thinking about this, I'm wondering what is the connection between
> what psql does and what should be in the SGML (or XML) docs, anyway.
> Nobody says boo when we have to do s/</</g to an example in order
> to put it in the docs; why is stripping trailing whitespace a bigger
> issue?

Why do we need to put regular psql output verbatim in SGML/XML?  One
idea is to add an output format to psql for docbook table markup, then
use that whenever we need to paste stuff into the docs.

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