Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] timestamptz alias

2006-10-04 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Jim,

Jim C. Nasby wrote:

> An issue I've seen with the docs is that for chapters that have a lot of
> sections (such as 8), the section list at the start of each chapter
> fills the screen, so it's easy to miss the fact that there's more info
> beneath the list (which is wy presumably most folks never knew that
> table existed).
> 
> I think the ideal way to handle this would be to put the table of
> contents in a side-bar and flow the text around it. But that could be a
> real bear to do in docbook/sgml, so perhaps it would be better to just
> force the TOC for each chapter onto it's own page (and ensure the
> overview/introduction text shows up in the TOC).

I agree.

The fact that the TOC and the first part of the Chapter are on the same
page has annoyed me several times now. :-)


Regards,
Markus

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Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] timestamptz alias

2006-10-04 Thread Magnus Hagander
> I would like a frame driven version of the docs (c.f. 
> doxygen, javadoc, etc.). The we would not need contents links 
> at the top of each chapter like this. Navigating the HTML 
> docs is less than pleasant. 
> Unfortunately, I don't have enough time or docbook-fu to be 
> able to do this.

Yuck. Frames. Ickk. All the issues with bookmarking and searching and
things like that.

Anyway. If done, make sure the current version doesn't go away, but make
the frames version just an option instead.


//Magnus

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Re: [DOCS] [HACKERS] timestamptz alias

2006-10-04 Thread Andrew Dunstan

Magnus Hagander wrote:
I would like a frame driven version of the docs (c.f. 
doxygen, javadoc, etc.). The we would not need contents links 
at the top of each chapter like this. Navigating the HTML 
docs is less than pleasant. 
Unfortunately, I don't have enough time or docbook-fu to be 
able to do this.



Yuck. Frames. Ickk. All the issues with bookmarking and searching and
things like that.

Anyway. If done, make sure the current version doesn't go away, but make
the frames version just an option instead.


  


Then use a tiled mechanism instead if you want to avoid frames. Or if 
you want to be get more advanced some sort of Ajax solution. But we need 
some sort of nav bar that you can drill down on. Navigation now is just 
horrible, IMNSHO.


cheers

andrew


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Re: [DOCS] Texinfo docs/target

2006-10-04 Thread Andreas Seltenreich
Bruce Momjian writes:

> Patch applied.  Thanks.

Here's a small update to pass the basename of the target as a
stylesheet parameter.  This makes the resulting info file work
properly when compressed or split.  It also prevents Debian's
"install-info" script from choking.

Thanks,
andreas

Index: doc/src/sgml/Makefile
===
RCS file: /projects/cvsroot/pgsql/doc/src/sgml/Makefile,v
retrieving revision 1.77
diff -u -r1.77 Makefile
--- doc/src/sgml/Makefile	3 Oct 2006 21:13:17 -	1.77
+++ doc/src/sgml/Makefile	5 Oct 2006 00:32:33 -
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
 MAKEINFO = makeinfo
 
 postgres.texixml: postgres.xml
-	$(DB2X_XSLTPROC) -s texi $< -o $@
+	$(DB2X_XSLTPROC) -s texi -g output-file=$(basename $@) $< -o $@
 
 postgres.texi: postgres.texixml
 	$(DB2X_TEXIXML) --encoding=iso-8859-1//TRANSLIT $< \

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Re: [DOCS] Texinfo docs/target

2006-10-04 Thread Bruce Momjian
Andreas Seltenreich wrote:
> Bruce Momjian writes:
> 
> > Patch applied.  Thanks.
> 
> Here's a small update to pass the basename of the target as a
> stylesheet parameter.  This makes the resulting info file work
> properly when compressed or split.  It also prevents Debian's
> "install-info" script from choking.

Applied.  Thanks.

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