Re: readability changes to postgres.sgml - Mailing list pgsql-docs

From Joshua D. Drake
Subject Re: readability changes to postgres.sgml
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Msg-id a349bf97-4e1c-424e-7cb8-2f258b26dda5@commandprompt.com
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In response to Re: readability changes to postgres.sgml  (Liudmila Mantrova <l.mantrova@gmail.com>)
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On 8/16/19 10:41 AM, Liudmila Mantrova wrote:
>
>
>     For what it's worth, I think the proposed changes are all solid
>     improvements. The text reads better with them, and that's what
>     this is
>     about -- not whether the removed little text-pieces were 'true' or
>     not.
>
> If we want to make these intros more concise, one of the easiest ways 
> to achieve this is to address the reader directly ("Readers looking 
> for xxx are encouraged to look" vs. smth like "For xxx, see").

This is true and my counter argument is that a call to action is more 
likely to get the reader to do something.

JD


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