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Cc: Susanne Ebrecht <susanne@2ndquadrant.com>, Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>,
	Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>, Pg Docs <pgsql-docs@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: non-ASCII characters in SGML documentation (and elsewhere)
From: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
In-reply-to: <201110122121.p9CLLJv11436@momjian.us>
References: <201110122121.p9CLLJv11436@momjian.us>
Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:28:29 -0300
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Excerpts from Bruce Momjian's message of mié oct 12 18:21:19 -0300 2011:
> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> > Excerpts from Susanne Ebrecht's message of vie may 20 09:04:26 -0400 2011:
> > > On 20.05.2011 13:56, Tom Lane wrote:
> > > >>        * Should we allow non-ASCII characters in general source files?
> > > > Prefer "no" here.
> > > 
> > > I only see two reasons for non-ASCII signs in English.
> > > Either it is a foreign name of e.g. a person
> > > or it is a word that English took from French like in dj vu.
> > 
> > I'd like my name accented in the release notes, thanks.
> 
> Sure, you want the first "A" in Alvaro with an accent.  I would love to
> backpatch that but it would be royal pain.  I am afraid it can only
> easily be done in future release notes.

Many thanks, Bruce.

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