Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-5.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 62812B5DBC8 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 10:04:39 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.29]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 80408-07 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 13:04:31 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from outmail149084.authsmtp.net (outmail149084.authsmtp.net [62.13.149.84]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C47B5DBC1 for ; Fri, 20 May 2011 10:04:31 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail-c193.authsmtp.com (mail-c193.authsmtp.com [62.13.128.118]) by punt8.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2/Kp) with ESMTP id p4KD4USk080027; Fri, 20 May 2011 14:04:30 +0100 (BST) Received: from [192.168.23.4] (212.100.42.202.fixip.bitel.net [212.100.42.202]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.authsmtp.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p4KD4QgZ099376; Fri, 20 May 2011 14:04:26 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <4DD666DA.8080401@2ndQuadrant.com> Date: Fri, 20 May 2011 15:04:26 +0200 From: Susanne Ebrecht User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110424 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Lane CC: Peter Eisentraut , pgsql-docs@postgresql.org Subject: Re: non-ASCII characters in SGML documentation (and elsewhere) References: <1305841740.3952.32.camel@vanquo.pezone.net> <8242.1305892618@sss.pgh.pa.us> In-Reply-To: <8242.1305892618@sss.pgh.pa.us> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Server-Quench: b10282e6-82e1-11e0-97bb-002264978518 X-AuthReport-Spam: If SPAM / abuse - report it at: http://www.authsmtp.com/abuse X-AuthRoute: OCdxZQATClZOUR8T DCUJJHVGRTw4LxFW CBkfawBdJUwMSABN M15eIxoIcUtGHRZ8 Ui8UWVRVUU1wXWl1 bwBTaktfY0hQXgVq TkxLXFBSFhpqBAMB SF4aKW12FlIseHd5 ZkFkEHNcWEU0J0d9 QEZWQGsbbWU1aX0e URVYagpTIlFXfh9H aFZ7XXQFZGQPKBg1 TUcAExcaBgAXLiNT Byg2BnMzCU0LFyQ1 TAwPBy5nHEtNfAoW C1QqLVUBGUsXLkwu MFwnERIRNRNaBwlF El5NDTVUZjH/ X-Authentic-SMTP: 61633235383639.1014:706 X-AuthFastPath: 0 (Was 255) X-AuthVirus-Status: No virus detected - but ensure you scan with your own anti-virus system. X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.9 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201105/71 X-Sequence-Number: 6746 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. For the second I am sure you will find synonyms that are ASCII only. The only other reason that I can see for non-ASCII signs in our docs is for demonstrating collations. Susanne -- Susanne Ebrecht - 2ndQuadrant PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services www.2ndQuadrant.com