From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Cc: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
Subject: Re: Why does SGML <indexterm> use zone=?
Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:33:58 +0200
Message-ID: <200708302233.58628.peter_e@gmx.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200708302015.l7UKFVO16372@momjian.us>
References: <200708302015.l7UKFVO16372@momjian.us>
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> What I am wondering is why we specify "zone" at all?
It means that the entire section is relevant to the index term.
Otherwise it would mean that only the narrow area around the index term
is relevant. In printed renditions, that would be the difference
between saying
foo, 87
and
foo, 86-90
in the index.
--
Peter Eisentraut
http://developer.postgresql.org/~petere/
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