Re: FDW API / flow charts for the docs? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Tomas Vondra
Subject Re: FDW API / flow charts for the docs?
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Msg-id 5261BBA5.4060106@fuzzy.cz
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In response to Re: FDW API / flow charts for the docs?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
Responses Re: FDW API / flow charts for the docs?  (Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>)
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On 18.10.2013 23:52, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> On 10/18/13 5:35 PM, Stephen Frost wrote:
>> I can't see it being a major effort to get it from the wiki into
>> the docs, though perhaps I'm being a bit over-optomistic wrt that.
> 
> Hah!
> 
> Consider that an image would have to work with the following 
> toolchains/output formats:
> 
> - standalone HTML output
> - web site HTML output
> - reasonable mobile/small-screen experience
> - HTML XSLT
> - jadetex
> - pdfjadetex
> - FOP
> - Texinfo (at least not break it)
> - man (at least not break it)
> - EPUB
> 
> In my mind, it's not worth the effort unless we have, say, at least
> a dozen really useful images to add. I don't want to go through this 
> entire pain for one image on a pretty minor topic.

AFAIK graphviz can give you at least .ps .svg .fig .png .gif .dia
formats (and some other). I believe that covers most (if not all) of the
cases you've mentioned.



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