On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 4:04 AM, Peter Eisentraut <peter.eisentr...@2ndquadrant.com> wrote: > On 2/23/18 11:21, Tom Lane wrote: >> In the distant >> past, as I recall, we had a GIF or two; but we abandoned that on the >> grounds that it was unmaintainable and also incompatible with some >> documentation output formats. I'm not too sure what the state of >> play is on the latter point, now that we've switched to XML. > > The complications with the image formats in the past were mainly around > what ((pdf)jade)tex would accept. The tools have shifted a bit now, and > the zoo formats is a different one. Nothing that a few make rules > couldn't address, though, I think. > > The issue of how to manage the sources is still the same, though.
SVG format is ascii based vector format. We made experimental pdf with pictures http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/files/postgres-11-diagram.pdf (GIN AM diagram, Appendix L). Appendix L also demonstrates our sample database with step-by-step introduction to Postgres for beginners. We have a separate book for beginners, which we released under BSD license and it's available on russian/english languages. Our experience shows, that people really appreciate it. I hope we will have time at PGCon to discuss documentation somehow. > > -- > Peter Eisentraut http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ > PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Remote DBA, Training & Services >
