From: Bruce Momjian <pgman@candle.pha.pa.us>
Message-Id: <200210142251.g9EMpPA28995@candle.pha.pa.us>
Subject: Re: German FAQ progress (was: Minor FAQ correction suggestions)
In-Reply-To: <200210142043.22424.barwick@gmx.net>
To: Ian Barwick <barwick@gmx.net>
Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2002 18:51:25 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
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Ian Barwick wrote:
> On Monday 14 October 2002 05:15, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > Thanks for working on this.  It really needed that freshening up.
> 
> It's been saying "The current PostgreSQL version is 6.5" for over three
> years...
> 
> I have completed a first draft, which was effectively a retranslation
> of the current FAQ rather than an update of the translation. I still
> have some tidying up to do, so I'll be submitting the patch nearer
> the weekend.
> 
> A question: I presume the text-only version is generated from
> the HTML original (I've taken care that the tags can be
> stripped without damaging the format) - what tool do you use
> to do this?

Good question. I use lynx:

	lynx -force_html -dump -hiddenlinks=ignore -nolist "$@"

Seems to work the best.

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