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From: Bruce Momjian <bruce@momjian.us>
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Subject: Re: non-ASCII characters in SGML documentation (and
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To: Alvaro Herrera <alvherre@commandprompt.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:21:19 -0400 (EDT)
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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 déjà 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.

I have added the proper markup to our release note checklist; patch
attached.  Does anyone else want special handling for their name?

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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
new file mode 100644
index 15f273c..c860b90
*** a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
--- b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
*************** non-ASCII characters            convert 
*** 27,32 ****
--- 27,34 ----
          does not support it
            http://www.pemberley.com/janeinfo/latin1.html#latexta
  
+ 	Alvaro Herrera is &Aacute;lvaro Herrera
+ 
  wrap long lines
  
  For new features, add links to the documentation sections.  Use </link>

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