On Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:25:42 +0800
Fbsd1 fb...@a1poweruser.com wrote:
I find it very hard to find the subject I am looking for in the
handbook. The index only gets me to the general area in the handbook
and then I have to (next page) through it looking for what I hope is
there.
The Index really needs to be expanded to display each and every
sub-section of all the major sections now in the index.
For example Installing from a ms/dos partition or splash screen
usage.
These are both subjects in the handbook but are not in the index.
What good is am index that does not index its content?
The purpose of the index is to list all subjects documented in the
handbook so the reader can skim through the index and click on the
exact subject they want to read. Can not do that with the current
handbook index.
So what do other people think?
Should I submit a Doc bug on this??
Hi A1Poweruser,
why don't you build book.txt (add WITH_TXT=yes to /etc/make.conf and
rebuild the docs port)? Then you can just use grep to search for what
you want. With the examples you gave, grep -in msdos or grep -in
splash screen give me a few places to look. An index is useful in a
dead-tree book, but for a 4Mb text file you might as well use grep.
Tony
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