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-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml4
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/release.sgml41
-rw-r--r--doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml4
5 files changed, 30 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
index 05ffa373c04..c47c33d56e2 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.168 2004/11/15 06:32:13 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/libpq.sgml,v 1.169 2004/11/27 21:56:04 petere Exp $
-->
<chapter id="libpq">
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ PGconn *PQconnectdb(const char *conninfo);
that is not the name of the machine at <literal>hostaddr</>.) Also,
<literal>host</> rather than <literal>hostaddr</> is used to identify
the connection in <filename>$HOME/.pgpass</> (or
- <filename>%USERPROFILE%\.pgpass</> on Win32).
+ <filename>%USERPROFILE%\.pgpass</> on Microsoft Windows).
</para>
<para>
Without either a host name or host address,
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
index 8ba5409fd7f..d9a0130333f 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.59 2004/11/17 02:50:06 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/copy.sgml,v 1.60 2004/11/27 21:56:05 petere Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ COPY <replaceable class="parameter">tablename</replaceable> [ ( <replaceable cla
<para>
<command>COPY TO</command> will terminate each row with a Unix-style
- newline (<quote><literal>\n</></>). Servers running on MS Windows instead
+ newline (<quote><literal>\n</></>). Servers running on Microsoft Windows instead
output carriage return/newline (<quote><literal>\r\n</></>), but only for
<command>COPY</> to a server file; for consistency across platforms,
<command>COPY TO STDOUT</> always sends <quote><literal>\n</></>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
index 6e0458e8238..e61b2713628 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.28 2004/06/04 04:05:36 momjian Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/ref/pg_ctl-ref.sgml,v 1.29 2004/11/27 21:56:05 petere Exp $
PostgreSQL documentation
-->
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ PostgreSQL documentation
<para>
<option>kill</option> mode allows you to send a signal to a specified
- process. This is particularly valuable for <productname>MS Windows</>
+ process. This is particularly valuable for <productname>Microsoft Windows</>
which does not have a <application>kill</> command. Use
<literal>--help</> to see a list of supported signal names.
</para>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
index d16aa0693bc..391f9d06c59 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.314 2004/11/27 21:56:04 petere Exp $
-->
<appendix id="release">
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term>
- Win32 Native Server
+ Microsoft Windows Native Server
</term>
<listitem>
@@ -31,10 +31,10 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
to natively run on <productname>Microsoft Windows</> as a
server. It can run as a <productname>Windows</> service. This
release supports NT-based Windows releases like
- <productname>Win2000</>, <productname>XP</>,
- <productname>Win2003</>. Older releases like
- <productname>Windows 95</>, <productname>98</>, and
- <productname>ME</> are not supported because these operating
+ <productname>Windows 2000</>, <productname>Windows XP</>, and
+ <productname>Windows 2003</>. Older releases like
+ <productname>Windows 95</>, <productname>Windows 98</>, and
+ <productname>Windows ME</> are not supported because these operating
systems do not have the infrastructure to support
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname>. A separate installer
project has been created to ease installation on
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
url="http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller">
http://pgfoundry.org/projects/pginstaller</ulink>.
</para>
+
<para>
Although tested throughout our release cycle, the Windows port
does not have the benefit of years of use in production
@@ -49,10 +50,12 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
Unix platforms and therefore should be treated with the same
level of caution as you would a new product.
</para>
- <para> Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit
- <productname>Cygwin</> for Win32 server support.
- <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has always supported
- clients on Win32.
+
+ <para>
+ Previous releases required the Unix emulation toolkit
+ <productname>Cygwin</> in order to run the server on Windows
+ operating systems. <productname>PostgreSQL</productname> has
+ always supported clients on Windows.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -740,7 +743,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
</para>
<para>
Listening on localhost (<literal>127.0.0.1</>) opens no new
- security holes but allows configurations like Win32 and JDBC,
+ security holes but allows configurations like Windows and JDBC,
which do not support local sockets, to work without special
adjustments.
</para>
@@ -1272,10 +1275,10 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
<listitem>
<para>
- New <application>pg_ctl</> <option>kill</> option for Win32 (Andrew)
+ New <application>pg_ctl</> <option>kill</> option for Windows (Andrew)
</para>
<para>
- Win32 does not have a <literal>kill</> command to send signals to
+ Windows does not have a <literal>kill</> command to send signals to
backends so this capability was added to <application>pg_ctl</>.
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1303,8 +1306,8 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
<listitem>
<para>
- Add Win32 service <option>register</> command to
- <application>pg_ctl</> (Dave Page)
+ Add <option>register</> command to <application>pg_ctl</> to
+ register Windows operating system service (Dave Page)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -1976,13 +1979,13 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow the database server to run natively on Win32 (Claudio, Magnus, Andrew)
+ Allow the database server to run natively on Windows (Claudio, Magnus, Andrew)
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Shell script commands converted to C versions for Win32 support (Andrew)
+ Shell script commands converted to C versions for Windows support (Andrew)
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -2197,7 +2200,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
<listitem>
<para>
- New <application>pgevent</> for Win32 logging
+ New <application>pgevent</> for Windows logging
</para>
</listitem>
@@ -2266,7 +2269,7 @@ $PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/release.sgml,v 1.313 2004/11/27 21:27:06 petere
<listitem>
<para>
- Allow /contrib/pg_autovacuum to run as a Win32 service (Dave Page)
+ Allow /contrib/pg_autovacuum to run as a Windows service (Dave Page)
</para>
</listitem>
diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
index 5b3530b0990..213257b359e 100644
--- a/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
+++ b/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
<!--
-$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.293 2004/11/16 05:33:14 neilc Exp $
+$PostgreSQL: pgsql/doc/src/sgml/runtime.sgml,v 1.294 2004/11/27 21:56:04 petere Exp $
-->
<Chapter Id="runtime">
@@ -1626,7 +1626,7 @@ SET ENABLE_SEQSCAN TO OFF;
it succeeds. Examples:
<programlisting>
archive_command = 'cp "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"'
-archive_command = 'copy "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' # Win32
+archive_command = 'copy "%p" /mnt/server/archivedir/"%f"' # Windows
</programlisting>
</para>
</listitem>
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