Re: Can extension build own SGML document? - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Michael Paquier
Subject Re: Can extension build own SGML document?
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In response to Re: Can extension build own SGML document?  (Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com>)
Responses Re: Can extension build own SGML document?  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 8:45 AM, Robert Haas <robertmhaas@gmail.com> wrote:
> I mean, I can't see that building a PDF of the documentation really
> has much value, and I don't know even what else we can build.  Who in
> 2015 would use a PDF instead of HTML?
>
> (If there is somebody, that is fine.  But I am curious who it is and
> why, because it seems to me like it would just be a nuisance.)

Paper publication, say that for example:
http://www.network-theory.co.uk/postgresql9/vol1a/
I imagine that this applies as well to other languages as it is easier
to maintain a translation of the documentation by hacking the sgml
code.
-- 
Michael



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