Re: minor doc improvements - Mailing list pgsql-patches

From Tom Lane
Subject Re: minor doc improvements
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Msg-id 21079.1078373227@sss.pgh.pa.us
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In response to Re: minor doc improvements  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net> writes:
> ISTM that the linking changes you propose are stretching the semantics
> of DocBook.  If you want to link, why not just use <link>.  By using
> <xref> plus endterm you're doing the same thing indirectly and you rely
> on the remote endterm having a sensible grammatical structure that fits
> into the local sentence.

I believe Neil was just copying the existing examples in our docs.
What's this <link> and how would you use it, exactly?

            regards, tom lane

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