Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 17:16:40 +0100 (CET)
From: Peter Eisentraut <peter_e@gmx.net>
To: Michael Glaesemann <grzm@myrealbox.com>
Cc: pgsql-docs@postgresql.org
Subject: Re: 
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Michael Glaesemann writes:

> Well, looks like I'm 0-2. I used InDesign, which is a *long* way from
> open source. I can definitely understand that being able to maintain it
> is a virtue. If you'd like to include an up-to-date version, knowing
> you might have to throw it out at a later date when it gets too old to
> be useful, I'm willing to make the changes. I'm not familiar enough
> with open source graphic design tools to know what to use. :(

We're not going to make any major changes in the 7.4 documentation anyway
at this point, so you don't have to feel rushed.  I don't mind including
graphics, but there needs to be a maintenance path.  SVG might be
something to try.  You could even create a simpler catalog description
file in an ad-hoc XML format and then create the SVG automatically.

By the way, when done well, pictures like the catalog layout, the backend
flow chart, or a graphical representation of a query plan also make nice
posters.

-- 
Peter Eisentraut   peter_e@gmx.net