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doc: Improve PG14 release notes

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Mostly markup improvements.

Reported-by: Justin Pryzby

Discussion: https://postgr.es/m/20210625230456.GP29179@telsasoft.com

Backpatch-through: 14 only
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@ -194,9 +194,9 @@ Author: Michael Paquier <michael@paquier.xyz>
</para>
<para>
This was already disabled by default in previous Postgres releases,
and most modern OpenSSL and <acronym>TLS</acronym> versions no
longer support it.
This was already disabled by default in previous
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> releases, and most modern
OpenSSL and <acronym>TLS</acronym> versions no longer support it.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -213,7 +213,8 @@ Author: Heikki Linnakangas <heikki.linnakangas@iki.fi>
</para>
<para>
This was last used as the default in Postgres 7.3 (year 2002).
This was last used as the default in
<productname>PostgreSQL</productname> 7.3 (year 2002).
</para>
</listitem>
@ -231,7 +232,7 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
<para>
<function>EXTRACT(date)</function> now throws an error for units
that are not part of the date data type.
that are not part of the <type>date</type> data type.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -395,7 +396,8 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-->
<para>
Improve handling of regular expression back-references (Tom Lane)
Improve handling of regular expression <link
linkend="posix-escape-sequences">back-references</link> (Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
@ -430,7 +432,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<para>
Require <link linkend="runtime-config-custom">custom server
variable</link> names to use only character which are valid for
variable</link> names to use only characters which are valid for
unquoted <acronym>SQL</acronym> identifiers (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -481,7 +483,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-->
<para>
Pass doubled quote marks in <xref linkend="ecpg"/>
Pass doubled quote marks in <link linkend="ecpg">ecpg</link>
<acronym>SQL</acronym> command strings literally (Tom Lane)
</para>
@ -1164,7 +1166,8 @@ Author: David Rowley <drowley@postgresql.org>
<para>
This is useful if only a small percentage of rows is checked on
the inner side.
the inner side and is controlled by <xref
linkend="guc-enable-resultcache"/>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1211,7 +1214,7 @@ Author: Etsuro Fujita <efujita@postgresql.org>
</para>
<para>
The <link
<link
linkend="postgres-fdw"><application>postgres_fdw</application></link>
supports these type of scans if <literal>async_capable</literal>
is set.
@ -1614,8 +1617,9 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
<para>
This is controlled by server variable <xref
linkend="guc-ssl-crl-dir"/> and libpq connection option sslcrldir.
Previously only <acronym>CRL</acronym> files could be specified.
linkend="guc-ssl-crl-dir"/> and libpq connection option
<xref linkend='libpq-connect-sslcrldir'/>. Previously only
<acronym>CRL</acronym> files could be specified.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -1859,8 +1863,9 @@ Author: Thomas Munro <tmunro@postgresql.org>
</para>
<para>
By default, Postgres opens and fsyncs every data file
at the start of crash recovery. This new setting, <xref
By default, <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>
opens and fsyncs every data file at the
start of crash recovery. This new setting, <xref
linkend="guc-recovery-init-sync-method"/><literal>=syncfs</literal>,
instead syncs each filesystem used by the database cluster.
This allows for faster recovery on systems with many database files.
@ -2784,7 +2789,7 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
</para>
<para>
This is similar to how Unicode can be specified in literal string.
This is similar to how Unicode can be specified in literal strings.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2868,7 +2873,7 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
The new syntax is <literal>SUBSTRING(text SIMILAR pattern ESCAPE
escapechar)</literal>. The previous standard syntax was
<literal>SUBSTRING(text FROM pattern FOR escapechar)</literal>,
and is still supported by Postgres.
and is still supported by <productname>PostgreSQL</productname>.
</para>
</listitem>
@ -2894,7 +2899,7 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<para>
Add <link
linkend="posix-escape-sequences"><literal>[[:word:]]</literal></link>
as a character class to match \w (Tom Lane)
as a character class to match <literal>\w</literal> (Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -3223,9 +3228,9 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-->
<para>
Allow <application>psql</application>'s \df and \do commands to
specify function and operator argument types (Greg Sabino Mullane,
Tom Lane)
Allow <application>psql</application>'s <literal>\df</literal>
and <literal>\do</literal> commands to specify function and
operator argument types (Greg Sabino Mullane, Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
@ -3252,8 +3257,9 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-->
<para>
Allow <application>psql</application>'s \dt and \di to show
<acronym>TOAST</acronym> tables and their indexes (Justin Pryzby)
Allow <application>psql</application>'s <literal>\dt</literal>
and <literal>\di</literal> to show <acronym>TOAST</acronym>
tables and their indexes (Justin Pryzby)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -3264,8 +3270,8 @@ Author: Tomas Vondra <tomas.vondra@postgresql.org>
-->
<para>
Add <application>psql</application> command \dX to list extended
statistics objects (Tatsuro Yamada)
Add <application>psql</application> command <literal>\dX</literal>
to list extended statistics objects (Tatsuro Yamada)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -3276,9 +3282,9 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-->
<para>
Fix <application>psql</application>'s \dT to understand array
syntax and backend grammar aliases, like "int" for "integer"
(Greg Sabino Mullane, Tom Lane)
Fix <application>psql</application>'s <literal>\dT</literal> to
understand array syntax and backend grammar aliases, like "int"
for "integer" (Greg Sabino Mullane, Tom Lane)
</para>
</listitem>
@ -3290,8 +3296,9 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
<para>
When editing the previous query or a file with
<application>psql</application>'s \e, or using \ef and \ev, ignore
the contents if the editor exits without saving (Laurenz Albe)
<application>psql</application>'s <literal>\e</literal>, or using
<literal>\ef</literal> and <literal>\ev</literal>, ignore the
contents if the editor exits without saving (Laurenz Albe)
</para>
<para>
@ -3306,8 +3313,9 @@ Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>
-->
<para>
Improve <application>psql</application>'s handling of \connect
with <option>-reuse-previous</option> (Tom Lane)
Improve <application>psql</application>'s handling of
<literal>\connect</literal> with <option>-reuse-previous</option>
(Tom Lane)
</para>
<para>
@ -3414,7 +3422,7 @@ Author: Magnus Hagander <magnus@hagander.net>
Stop <link
linkend="pgupgrade"><application>pg_upgrade</application></link>
from creating <filename>analyze_new_cluster</filename> script
(Michael Paquier)
(Magnus Hagander)
</para>
<para>
@ -3739,8 +3747,9 @@ Author: Peter Eisentraut <peter@eisentraut.org>
-->
<para>
Allow <function>pgstattuple_approx()</function> to report on
<acronym>TOAST</acronym> tables (Peter Eisentraut)
Allow <link
linkend="pgstattuple"><function>pgstattuple_approx()</function></link>
to report on <acronym>TOAST</acronym> tables (Peter Eisentraut)
</para>
</listitem>