Re: [Firebird-docs] Firebird 3.0 Language Reference

[Alexey K. <ak...@ib...>]

Hello Mark,

Great work!
Thank you vey much!
I will read it, of course.

Regards,
Alexey


On 20.02.2021 19:02, Mark Rotteveel wrote:
> I have finished up the first version of the Firebird 3.0 Language 
> Reference, I used the 2.5 version as starting point, and added new 
> things based on the release notes and the Russian Firebird 3.0 
> Language Reference, and made corrections based on inspecting the 
> actual syntax and close reading of the existing text.
>
> Before I put the links up on the website, I'd like another set of eyes 
> on it. Not so much content-wise, as more layout-wise (e.g. weird 
> rendering problems), as by now I'm seeing a bit cross-eyed ;)
>
> Links:
>
> HTML:
> https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/html/en/refdocs/fblangref30/firebird-30-language-reference.html 
>
>
> PDF:
> https://firebirdsql.org/file/documentation/pdf/en/refdocs/fblangref30/firebird-30-language-reference.pdf 
>
>
> I committed the document as one large commit. Originally, I had it 
> separated out into individual commits, but somewhere along the way I 
> got sidetracked by making consistency changes all over the document, 
> or a change in one part triggered a revision elsewhere, and in the end 
> I gave up on making incremental commits and decided to just use one 
> commit. My apologies to translators for this, but it was the only way 
> to retain my sanity.
>
> If you need to diff sources to find out what changed, I recommend 
> taking the Firebird 2.5 Language Reference sources, rename them to 
> match the 3.0 version, and split the DDL and Security chapter in 
> similar fashion as done for the 3.0 version (per keyword or subject).
>
> Mark