SGML docs and pdf single-quotes
Hi all,
Using the pdf version of the postgres manual I wonder if
it wouldn't be better to replace single-quotes inside
<programlisting> with ' (apostrophe).
There are two advantages:
1. it makes it possible to copy-and-paste examples from
the pdf file.
2. it prevents running together of two (or more)
single-quotes into a single double-quote.
Both problems occur only in pdf, not in html.
A disadvantage is that sgml source files become less
human-readable.
I compiled such a converted pdf with the attached perl
program.
The perl program can easily be made to generate the diffs
for all sgml files; I'll do that if it is considered
useful. On the other hand, maybe this conversion of ' to
&apod; should be built into the xslt processing (to leave
the sgml more readable)?
Erik Rijkers
"E. Rijkers" <er@xs4all.nl> writes:
Using the pdf version of the postgres manual I wonder if
it wouldn't be better to replace single-quotes inside
<programlisting> with ' (apostrophe).
Having to deal with entity-izing & and < is bad enough;
doing it for ' is something up with which I will not put.
On the other hand, maybe this conversion of ' to
&apod; should be built into the xslt processing (to leave
the sgml more readable)?
That would be tolerable.
regards, tom lane
Added to TODO:
* Convert single quotes to apostrophes in the PDF documentation
http://archives.postgresql.org/pgsql-docs/2007-12/msg00059.php
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Tom Lane wrote:
"E. Rijkers" <er@xs4all.nl> writes:
Using the pdf version of the postgres manual I wonder if
it wouldn't be better to replace single-quotes inside
<programlisting> with ' (apostrophe).Having to deal with entity-izing & and < is bad enough;
doing it for ' is something up with which I will not put.On the other hand, maybe this conversion of ' to
&apod; should be built into the xslt processing (to leave
the sgml more readable)?That would be tolerable.
regards, tom lane
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