Re: [PATCHES] doc cleanup: proper emdashes

2004-11-14 Thread Michael Glaesemann
On Nov 15, 2004, at 3:35 PM, Neil Conway wrote: ("--" might be considered an en dash, but AFAIK it is incorrect to use an en dash to designate a parenthetical comment anyway). Then again, wouldn't parentheses be the appropriate punctuation for a parenthetical comment? :P Michael Glaesemann grzm m

Re: [PATCHES] doc cleanup: proper emdashes

2004-11-14 Thread Neil Conway
On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 11:27 +1100, Neil Conway wrote: > This patch replaces "---" with "—" in the documentation, which is > the proper SGML character entity for an emdash. Patch applied. I also fixed up cases where "--" was used in a similar fashion ("--" might be considered an en dash, but AFAIK

Re: [PATCHES] doc cleanup: proper emdashes

2004-11-14 Thread Neil Conway
On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 01:35 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Is ". ---" really correct? I think there should be no period there. Good catch -- I'll rephrase that text. -Neil ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please

Re: [PATCHES] doc cleanup: proper emdashes

2004-11-14 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 11:27:39AM +1100, Neil Conway wrote: > --- doc/src/sgml/dfunc.sgml > +++ doc/src/sgml/dfunc.sgml > @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ >in memory when they are loaded by the executable. (Object files >intended for executables are usually not compiled that way.) The >command to

Re: [PATCHES] doc cleanup: proper emdashes

2004-11-14 Thread Alvaro Herrera
On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 03:39:00PM +1100, Neil Conway wrote: > On Mon, 2004-11-15 at 01:35 -0300, Alvaro Herrera wrote: > > Is ". ---" really correct? I think there should be no period there. > > Good catch -- I'll rephrase that text. ^^ Hey, this should have been a proper em-dash t

[PATCHES] Translation updates for 8.0: initdb-ru, psql-ru

2004-11-14 Thread Serguei Mokhov
Hello, Updated translations of initdb and psql. Please install. (German quotes replaced with English ones in the 2 source strings in initdb I pointed out earlier). -s initdb-ru.po.gz;psql-ru.po.gz initdb-ru.po.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data psql-ru.po.gz Description: GNU Zip compres

[PATCHES] doc cleanup: proper emdashes

2004-11-14 Thread Neil Conway
This patch replaces "---" with "—" in the documentation, which is the proper SGML character entity for an emdash. Barring any objections, I'll apply this to HEAD before the end of the day. -Neil # Old manifest: 01f0baf61d31b0bbe7563ce51fd262481b20ca57 # New manifest: fcb6532423fefa04824a2aefd07c

[PATCHES] Translation updates for 8.0: pg_dump-ru, pgscripts-ru

2004-11-14 Thread Serguei Mokhov
Hello Peter, Please install the attached translation updates. Thanks, -s pg_dump-ru.po.gz;pgscripts-ru.po.gz pg_dump-ru.po.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data pgscripts-ru.po.gz Description: GNU Zip compressed data ---(end of broadcast)---

Re: [PATCHES] [PORTS] Windows XP could not get token information: 122

2004-11-14 Thread Magnus Hagander
Title: Message Since nobody did :-), here is the patch to fix pgwin32_is_service() to use dynamic buffers.   Fred - this applies to current cvs. There has been some error msg cleanups since beta4, so I'm not sure it'll apply cleanly to that one.   //Magnus   -Original Message-F

Re: [PATCHES] diff -c please

2004-11-14 Thread Neil Conway
Simon Riggs wrote: I note at least 3 people have submitted patches in other formats in the last week. I'm one of the guilty parties (as is Gavin, I'd imagine). As I explained in an earlier mail to -patches, the reason I've been submitting unified diffs is that Gavin and I have been using the Mono

[PATCHES] Patch pg_start_backup() to ERROR if archiving is not defined

2004-11-14 Thread Gavin Sherry
Hi all, Attached is a patch which checks early on in pg_start_back() that archive_command is defined and if not generates an error. This seemed like a reason foot gun prevention measure. Gavin# Old manifest: 2910f7d05f74e086c097595fe8cc78ad728474e4 # New manifest: 1b0c1a705781c50c81f1e0a3e6c5e89b

Re: [PATCHES] PITR docs enhancements

2004-11-14 Thread Simon Riggs
On Fri, 2004-11-12 at 05:38, Gavin Sherry wrote: > Just some docs enhancements based on feedback I received from a few recent > talks on PITR. Gavin, You change includes this phrase: write them onto a tape drive (ensuring that you have a way of restoring the file with its original file name)

[PATCHES] diff -c please

2004-11-14 Thread Simon Riggs
This is a time when many patches are arriving, so reviewing patches efficiently is important. My understanding was that diff -c was the only approved patch submission format, but I note at least 3 people have submitted patches in other formats in the last week. It often seems like there's only a