Re: Win32 users? - Mailing list pgsql-general

From Joe
Subject Re: Win32 users?
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Msg-id 42BF14CC.90804@freedomcircle.net
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In response to Re: Win32 users?  (Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org>)
Responses Re: Win32 users?  (Douglas McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>)
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Martijn van Oosterhout wrote:
> People who don't care about how it works should simply install PGAdmin
> III and then they don't need to understand PATHs. People who don't know
> what a command line does should stay away from it. They aren't required
> to use it (in theory, windows is a new port so it might need some
> work). People who do know won't learn it from us, they will know it
> from elsewhere.

It's not a matter of learning, but of information.  I know what a command line
is, but I still think the PostgreSQL documentation should indicate what one
should do to *use* the programs.  I can easily figure out by inspection after
the install, that all/most of the executables ended up in the 'bin' directory so
I need to add it to my PATH.  Nevertheless, I still expect a README, FAQ or the
manuals to point this out for completeness, i.e., regardless of newbie or expert
status.

Joe

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