On Thu, Nov 28, 2024 at 09:46:55AM +0000, Geoff Clare via austin-group-l at The
Open Group wrote:
> Andreas Kähäri wrote, on 28 Nov 2024:
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 27, 2024 at 10:09:14PM +0000, Andrew via austin-group-l at The
> > Open Group wrote:
> > > The other day, I wanted to visit the latest POSIX specification of the
> > > `set` command, in order to confirm which safety flags are now supported.
> > > However, Google SEO continues to target old, outdated POSIX releases.
> > >
> > > I read the red banner about the fact that newer documentation is
> > > available. But the hyperlink lands on a generic page, not the latest page
> > > for that specific command.
> >
> > Shell & Utilities -->
> > 2. Shell Command Language -->
> > 2.15 Special Built-In Utilities -->
> > set
> >
>
> I usually use the alphabetic indices to get to function, utility and
> header pages by name. Alphabetic --> S --> set
Huh, I didn't even know that existed and I've been using the site for
years, mostly letting my muscle memory guide my navigation. Thanks for
the tip! I'm feeling a bit silly now.
I also (just now, sorry) noticed that the "Topic" index is very useful,
e.g.,
Topic -->
Special Built-In Utilities -->
set
>
> Those indices are also useful for finding topics (definitions and
> general concepts).
>
> Andrew said he resorted to using the search facility. I would only
> ever use that for finding occurrences of words within pages, never
> for navigating to a specific page.
>
> There are also links under "Frontmatter" to a full contents list for
> each volume, where a browser's "find in page" feature could be put
> to use. (In the XCU contents, the first hit for "set" is what
> Andrew wanted.)
>
> --
> Geoff Clare <[email protected]>
> The Open Group, Apex Plaza, Forbury Road, Reading, RG1 1AX, England
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Andreas (Kusalananda) Kähäri
Uppsala, Sweden
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