doc: Fix misleading synopsis for CREATE/ALTER PUBLICATION.

The documentation for CREATE/ALTER PUBLICATION previously showed:

        [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ] [ ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] [ WHERE ( 
expression ) ] [, ... ]

to indicate that the table/column specification could be repeated.
However, placing [, ... ] directly after a multi-part construct was
misleading and made it unclear which portion was repeatable.

This commit introduces a new term, table_and_columns, to represent:

        [ ONLY ] table_name [ * ] [ ( column_name [, ... ] ) ] [ WHERE ( 
expression ) ]

and updates the synopsis to use:

        table_and_columns [, ... ]

which clearly identifies the repeatable element.

Backpatched to v15, where the misleading syntax was introduced.

Author: Peter Smith <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Chao Li <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Fujii Masao <[email protected]>
Discussion: 
https://postgr.es/m/CAHut+PtsyvYL3KmA6C8f0ZpXQ=7feqqtetvy-bof+cm9wpv...@mail.gmail.com
Backpatch-through: 15

Branch
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REL_15_STABLE

Details
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https://git.postgresql.org/pg/commitdiff/f9f928304bb720d5e94651acd6b3e71a6f267430

Modified Files
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doc/src/sgml/ref/alter_publication.sgml  | 8 ++++++--
doc/src/sgml/ref/create_publication.sgml | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

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