Re: No default for (user-specific) service file location on Windows?

On Thu, May 19, 2022 at 10:11:06AM -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> I do not like your proposed wording, as it seems way too dense.
> Can't we avoid the parenthetical remarks (plural) inside a sub-clause?
> You're asking the reader to keep track of about three levels of
> interrupt.

Yes, I was a bit unhappy with this wording.

> Maybe just put the Windows info in a separate sentence:
> 
>     ... located at ~/.pg_service.conf</filename>.
>     On Microsoft Windows, it is located at
>     %APPDATA%\postgresql\.pg_service.conf, where %APPDATA% means the
>     Application Data subdirectory in the user's profile.
>     In either case, the location can be overridden by setting ...
> 
> ISTR there's precedent elsewhere for doing it about like that.

I'm fine with it.  I still kept the default location full description in both
places as those end up in quite different part of the documentation, which
seems more helpful.