Re: FAQ.html corrections

Robert Treat wrote:
> On Monday 17 January 2005 00:01, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Josh Berkus wrote:
> > > Bruce,
> > >
> > > > Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > > > > Changed. I think we have to use US spelling for consistency. I think
> > > > > our docs made that adjustment too.
> > >
> > > Since when? We've been agnostic about US/British spellings for years.
> > > For example, our license is as licence.html.
> >
> > Oh, I thought we had made changes for consistency in the docs. Maybe
> > someone just suggested it in the past. I have not feeling one way or
> > the other myself. If we could mix non-English in to the docs that would
> > be cool too.
> >
> > I will say I can't spell most words that are different in US and UK
> > anymore because I can't remember which is which anymore. License is one
> > of the confusing ones.
>
> I just got tripped up by vacuum/explain analyze and analyse. Everwhere in the
> docs we refer to it as analyze, but both work and analyse is a reserved word.
> Was thinking maybe the analyze page should be updated if we don't have any
> intention to move toward one or the other. Incidentally, while my opinion
> may be a little coloured ;-) I do think the Z spelling is more correct, since
> afaik everyone says it with z phonetics.

How do you want to modify the analyze manual page? Add a mention of
ANALYSE? Sure.

I like supporting both spellings for user input.

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