From: Fabien COELHO <coelho@cri.ensmp.fr>
To: Joshua D. Drake <jd@commandprompt.com>
Cc: PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Subject: Re: Documentation epub format
Date: Fri, 3 May 2013 07:57:07 +0200 (CEST)
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>> This seems to suggest that instead of generating one large ebook, the
>> build should generate a set of ebooks, say one for each part. At the
>> minimum, a less detailed toc could be more usable and help navigate the
>> huge contents.
>
> Once upon a time we had multiple books as documentation, then at some point
> we merged them. It was quite a few years ago.
>
> I would agree at this point that we need to consider breaking them up again.
> The documentation is unwieldy.
PostgreSQL documentation in PDF seemed quite usable on the same ipad, so
maybe there is no unique answer. I like the principle and simplicity of
"one" document to move around, so sticking to that if possible seems
better.
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Fabien.
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