Thread: minor doc / usage fixes
This patch fixes an error in the usage message for 'clusterdb', and makes a few editorial changes to the documentation. Cheers, Neil -- Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC
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Neil Conway writes: > This patch fixes an error in the usage message for 'clusterdb', and > makes a few editorial changes to the documentation. Why do you add periods to the end of phrases that are not sentences? -- Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
On Mon, 2003-01-27 at 16:10, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
> Why do you add periods to the end of phrases that are not sentences?
Because my understanding is that the phrase "Connect as the given user"
is an imperative sentence. I won't pretend to be an expert in grammar
though.
If you'd like to argue that including a period is incorrect, that's fair
enough -- but please make that kind of policy consistent: other
sentences of the same form in that document include a period ("Include
large objects in dump.", "Dump data for table only.", etc.)
Cheers,
Neil
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Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC
Neil Conway writes:
> If you'd like to argue that including a period is incorrect, that's fair
> enough -- but please make that kind of policy consistent: other
> sentences of the same form in that document include a period ("Include
> large objects in dump.", "Dump data for table only.", etc.)
I'm not particularly attached to either format. I just vaguely recall
that I made a conscious effort to keep this distinction when I wrote the
text in question, and now I was wondering why someone else made a
conscious effort to do it differently.
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Peter Eisentraut peter_e@gmx.net
Your patch has been added to the PostgreSQL unapplied patches list at:
http://momjian.postgresql.org/cgi-bin/pgpatches
I will try to apply it within the next 48 hours.
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Neil Conway wrote:
> This patch fixes an error in the usage message for 'clusterdb', and
> makes a few editorial changes to the documentation.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neil
> --
> Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC
>
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Patch applied. Thanks. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neil Conway wrote: > This patch fixes an error in the usage message for 'clusterdb', and > makes a few editorial changes to the documentation. > > Cheers, > > Neil > -- > Neil Conway <neilc@samurai.com> || PGP Key ID: DB3C29FC > > [ Attachment, skipping... ] > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 2: you can get off all lists at once with the unregister command > (send "unregister YourEmailAddressHere" to majordomo@postgresql.org) -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073