Re: Index for manuals - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Index for manuals
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Msg-id Pine.LNX.4.30.0103112354370.809-100000@peter.localdomain
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In response to Index for manuals  (dev@archonet.com)
List pgsql-docs
dev@archonet.com writes:

> Should have said in my previous message - if I understand the whole
> SGML thing (and I don't) if keywords are tagged correctly we can
> generate an automatic index for the docs.

Correct.

> This is probably sorely needed - IMXHO v7.x is where Postgres is going
> to go ballistic, so a good index will probably save a lot of traffic
> on the mailing lists.

Correct.

> If you need a sucker^H^H^H^H^H^H volunteer to do this after 7.1 I'd be
> willing. Might take me a little while, but it's the sort of thing I
> can get on with for an hour or so here and there.

I'm planning to do this for the 7.1.1 release.  If you want to help,
great.  There's an online book at docbook.org where you can find more
information about the process.

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Peter Eisentraut      peter_e@gmx.net       http://yi.org/peter-e/


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