Re: [HACKERS] Config file for psql

From: Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: "Jim C(dot) Nasby" <jnasby(at)pervasive(dot)com>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, pgsql-docs(at)postgresql(dot)org, Andrew Dunstan <andrew(at)dunslane(dot)net>, Michael Fuhr <mike(at)fuhr(dot)org>, Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog(at)svana(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: [HACKERS] Config file for psql
Date: 2006-02-28 19:48:31
Message-ID: 200602281948.k1SJmV526567@candle.pha.pa.us
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Jim C. Nasby wrote:
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 02:49:08PM -0500, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Perhaps we should make a concerted effort to split the libpq docs into a
> > section "for programmers" vs one "for users", the latter part covering
> > the libpq behavior that is interesting to users of a libpq-based app.
> > .pgpass, pg_service, the environment vars, SSL behavior, maybe some
> > other things belong in the "for users" part.
>
> +1. Is there a docs TODO?

Added to TODO:

* Split out libpq pgpass and environment documentation sections
to make it easier for non-developers to find

Looking at the existing manual, how do we do this? Do we make separate
libpq-programming and a libpq-runtime sections?

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