Received: from idiom.com (idiom.com [216.240.32.1]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 459064758EF for ; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 20:09:00 -0500 (EST) Received: from cfcl.com (cpe-24-221-169-54.ca.sprintbbd.net [24.221.169.54]) by idiom.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA58301; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:09:02 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.254.205] (cerberus [192.168.254.205]) by cfcl.com (8.11.1/8.11.1) with ESMTP id g1R1BeG59947; Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:11:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from rdm@cfcl.com) Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 17:08:58 -0800 To: Peter Eisentraut From: Rich Morin Subject: Re: PostgreSQL 7.2 docs Cc: PostgreSQL-documentation Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" X-Archive-Number: 200203/1 X-Sequence-Number: 1282 At 7:23 PM -0500 2/26/02, Peter Eisentraut wrote: >Well, the internals.ps paper was removed for a reason, so I'd advise >you not to print it. And that reason would be??? Seriously, it seems like a useful paper; even if it isn't needed in the distribution, it may be worth printing. >Btw., how do you plan to format the material for printing? I turn all material into PostScript, using whichever tool( chain)s seem appropriate. I then run the PostScript files through a Perl script which scales, translates, and adds descriptive footers. Finally, I prepend some "front matter" (e.g., TOC, Preface) and concatenate the result into a single PostScript document, which I "distill" into PDF and send off to the printing firm, along with the volume's cover art. The current set of PostgreSQL volumes used the distributed PostScript files for the 7.1 books; the upcoming set will probably start from PDF files, converted to PostScript by Adobe Acrobat (i.e., "Print to File"). I format the ASCII FAQs using a2ps (and a bunch of options :-). -r P.S. There is no entry for pgsql-docs on the "User's Lounge" web page, so I can't subscribe. Also, there is a formatting error in the HTML for the "pgsql-sql" entry on the page: [archives pgsql-sql - This is a discussion area ... ] -- email: rdm@cfcl.com; phone: +1 650-873-7841 http://www.cfcl.com/rdm - my home page, resume, etc. http://www.cfcl.com/Meta - The FreeBSD Browser, Meta Project, etc. http://www.ptf.com/dossier - Prime Time Freeware's DOSSIER series http://www.ptf.com/tdc - Prime Time Freeware's Darwin Collection