X-Original-To: pgsql-www-postgresql.org@postgresql.org Received: from localhost (wm.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 24CD39FB2D5 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 19:59:53 -0300 (ADT) Received: from postgresql.org ([200.46.204.71]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 49186-01 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 22:59:44 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey- Received: from noel.decibel.org (noel.decibel.org [67.100.216.10]) by postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8EBD19FB2D6 for ; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 19:59:44 -0300 (ADT) Received: by noel.decibel.org (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 123FE5643D; Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:59:43 -0500 (CDT) Received: (hashcash-sendmail, from uid 1001); Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:59:42 -0500 Date: Wed, 9 Aug 2006 17:59:42 -0500 From: "Jim C. Nasby" To: PF Cc: pgsql-www@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [BUGS] BUG #2560: Web page documentation hard to use Message-ID: <20060809225942.GF27928@pervasive.com> References: <200608011654.k71Gs3OQ014604@wwwmaster.postgresql.org> <1155142308.18670.12.camel@kirk.clients.pkts.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1155142308.18670.12.camel@kirk.clients.pkts.ca> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 6.0-RELEASE-p4 amd64 X-Distributed: Join the Effort! http://www.distributed.net User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 X-Hashcash: 1:20:060809:kernel@pkts.ca::U3MqRrboyPcUk54l:0004TuV X-Hashcash: 1:20:060809:pgsql-www@postgresql.org::FAMBG6mtG+6e9KcH:0000000000000 0000000000000000000000001ru0 X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0 tagged_above=0 required=5 tests= X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 200608/77 X-Sequence-Number: 10468 On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 09:51:48AM -0700, PF wrote: > The php language web site (http://www.php.net/) seems to have a good > solution; the search can be restricted to just the function list. > > The other language reference that comes to mind is the perlfunc man > page; every keyword is on one page, with examples. Searching is not as > big a problem because you know you're on the right page already; you > only have to scroll down to the keyword in alphabetical order. It makes > for a long page, but that isn't much of a drawback. > > I just had a thought; is there an index of keywords for postgres? No... anyone know the grammar well enough to know if it'd be easy to extract them? Though I guess we'd still need to come up with references back to the appropriate documentation page, but it might make sense to embed that in the grammar code... -- Jim C. Nasby, Sr. Engineering Consultant jnasby@pervasive.com Pervasive Software http://pervasive.com work: 512-231-6117 vcard: http://jim.nasby.net/pervasive.vcf cell: 512-569-9461