Re: No default for (user-specific) service file location on Windows? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Julien Rouhaud
Subject Re: No default for (user-specific) service file location on Windows?
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Msg-id 20220519155953.wngi3jx2cpf2ohrn@jrouhaud
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In response to Re: No default for (user-specific) service file location on Windows?  (Julien Rouhaud <rjuju123@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: No default for (user-specific) service file location on Windows?
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On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 11:53:22PM +0800, Julien Rouhaud wrote:
> On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:11:06AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > I do not like your proposed wording, as it seems way too dense.
> > Can't we avoid the parenthetical remarks (plural) inside a sub-clause?
> > You're asking the reader to keep track of about three levels of
> > interrupt.
> 
> Yes, I was a bit unhappy with this wording.
> 
> > Maybe just put the Windows info in a separate sentence:
> > 
> >     ... located at ~/.pg_service.conf</filename>.
> >     On Microsoft Windows, it is located at
> >     %APPDATA%\postgresql\.pg_service.conf, where %APPDATA% means the
> >     Application Data subdirectory in the user's profile.
> >     In either case, the location can be overridden by setting ...
> > 
> > ISTR there's precedent elsewhere for doing it about like that.
> 
> I'm fine with it.  I still kept the default location full description in both
> places as those end up in quite different part of the documentation, which
> seems more helpful.

This time with the patch.

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