Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 51A77633177 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:37:19 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 81064-10 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 14:37:10 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from mail.magwerks.com (mail.magwerks.com [209.248.233.131]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EA17C632520 for ; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 11:37:11 -0300 (ADT) Received: from [192.168.1.35] by mail.magwerks.com (GMS 15.01.3664/RS2750.00.1b502c7c) with ESMTP id gbnteaaa for pgsql-general@postgresql.org; Tue, 8 Jun 2010 10:37:13 -0400 Message-ID: <4C0E6388.5030006@magwerks.com> Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2010 10:36:40 -0500 From: Justin Graf User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.9) Gecko/20100317 Thunderbird/3.0.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Peter Hunsberger CC: John Gage , PostgreSQL - General Subject: Re: Cognitive dissonance References: <29FD1BB6-9AD8-485C-B5D2-23D66C15DC97@numericable.fr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------040500030709030501050708" X-AntiSpam: Checked for restricted content by Gordano's AntiSpam Software X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.79 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_50=0.8, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201006/355 X-Sequence-Number: 163892 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------040500030709030501050708 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 6/8/2010 9:23 AM, Peter Hunsberger wrote: > On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 4:04 AM, John Gage wrote: > >> Unix is a text-based operating system with unbelievably helpful text >> manipulation tools. >> >> Postgres is a creature of Unix which happens to have unbelievable text >> searching and manipulation tools. >> >> Yet, the only one file edition of the Postgres documentation is in...pdf >> format. Huh? >> >> > I suppose the next thing you'll be suggesting is that, because > Postgres is a database, the documentation should be stored as some > form of searchable table within the database itself....? > > > > Its also available in chm windows help file format. Which i find allot more useful http://www.postgresql.org/docs/manuals/ you could print chm to a text file. also it not hard to dump a PDF document into a text file. All legitimate Magwerks Corporation quotations are sent in a .PDF file attachment with a unique ID number generated by our proprietary quotation system. Quotations received via any other form of communication will not be honored. CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail, including attachments, may contain legally privileged, confidential or other information proprietary to Magwerks Corporation and is intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it addresses. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any unauthorized viewing, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and destroy all occurrences of this e-mail immediately. Thank you. --------------040500030709030501050708 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="justin.vcf" begin:vcard fn:Justin Graf n:Graf;Justin org:Magwerks Corp adr:;;501 Commerce Drive;Danville ;IN;46122;USA email;internet:justin@magwerks.com tel;work:317-241-8011 ext 703 tel;fax:317-241-8015 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:www.magwerks.com version:2.1 end:vcard --------------040500030709030501050708--