Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
On 03/07/10 02:02, Robert Haas wrote: The page_layout image is kinda confusing - I can tell what the purple and brown arrows are supposed to represent, but only because I already know what they're supposed to mean. I realize that these are just sample images, but I'd like to enact a strict rul

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Thom Brown
On 3 July 2010 03:41, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Peter Eisentraut wrote: >> On fre, 2010-07-02 at 22:15 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> > > 500k of source for just half a dozen simple images?  There's >> > something >> > > seriously wrong there.  I suspect the PNGs could be compressed a lot >> > > more

Re: [DOCS] More clearly on XML namespaces inside xpath function

2010-07-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
Thanks, applied. --- Nikolay Samokhvalov wrote: > Explain how to deal with XML namespaces inside the "xpath" function > (especially about "default" namespaces, what is really unclear at first > glance). > > > Index: func.s

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Thom Brown
On 3 July 2010 13:59, Thom Brown wrote: > On 3 July 2010 03:41, Bruce Momjian wrote: >> Peter Eisentraut wrote: >>> On fre, 2010-07-02 at 22:15 -0400, Bruce Momjian wrote: >>> > > 500k of source for just half a dozen simple images?  There's >>> > something >>> > > seriously wrong there.  I suspec

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Robert Haas
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 6:48 PM, Thom Brown wrote: > ..just an idea anyway. Seems like a good one. But I'd still like to know the answer to the question I asked upthread - how is anyone supposed to generate images this way? -- Robert Haas EnterpriseDB: http://www.enterprisedb.com The Enterprise

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > Seems like a good one. But I'd still like to know the answer to the > question I asked upthread - how is anyone supposed to generate images > this way? Hmm, judging from http://live.gnome.org/Dia the answer is that .dia files aren't meant to be human readable but only to b

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Robert Haas
On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas writes: >> Seems like a good one.  But I'd still like to know the answer to the >> question I asked upthread - how is anyone supposed to generate images >> this way? > > Hmm, judging from > http://live.gnome.org/Dia > > the answer is t

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Tom Lane
Robert Haas writes: > Anyone know of any other alternatives we could investigate? I hesitate to suggest xfig, but at least it's got a well-specified file format ... regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to your

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Steve Atkins
On Jul 3, 2010, at 4:16 PM, Robert Haas wrote: > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Tom Lane wrote: >> Robert Haas writes: >>> Seems like a good one. But I'd still like to know the answer to the >>> question I asked upthread - how is anyone supposed to generate images >>> this way? >> >> Hmm, ju

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Robert Haas writes: > > Anyone know of any other alternatives we could investigate? > > I hesitate to suggest xfig, but at least it's got a well-specified file > format ... xfig is what I use and I have edited those by hand in the past. -- Bruce Momjian http://momj

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On lör, 2010-07-03 at 19:14 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > (I'd bet a nickel that any small change results in > massive changes in the file contents, too, which will be un-fun for > keeping them in a VCS.) I asked about this in the original thread and was told that this wouldn't be a problem. -- Sent

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Peter Eisentraut
On lör, 2010-07-03 at 19:17 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > I hesitate to suggest xfig, but at least it's got a well-specified > file format ... Looks a little old. It doesn't appear to support SVG output, for example. -- Sent via pgsql-docs mailing list (pgsql-docs@postgresql.org) To make changes to

Re: [DOCS] Documentation and explanatory diagrams

2010-07-03 Thread Bruce Momjian
Peter Eisentraut wrote: > On l?r, 2010-07-03 at 19:17 -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > > I hesitate to suggest xfig, but at least it's got a well-specified > > file format ... > > Looks a little old. It doesn't appear to support SVG output, for > example. It supports EPS output which I believe can be co