> @Sanford, of course it'd be redone with MT.

Okay...  but  then  why ref an existing project as "something mootools
docs could use" instead of just spec'ing out a new one? It's not clear
there's  anything  in that particular code that's a keeper, other than
the  concept  of  being all client-side, which I think everyone pretty
much  understands in theory. There are clear differences about whether
it  is  a  proper/efficient/exemplary place for a JS-heavy solution at
all.

As Guillermo has noted well, the current search is broken. Seems to me
anything  that  *avoids*  having  to  be a MT showcase is likely to be
implemented  fast/er.  I  happen to think the client-side idea is fine
for  a  small, non-developer site. It's just... where is the existing,
tested, MT solution for this?

> You're  missing the advantage of having portable docs. Ones that you
> do  not  require  any  software (aside from your browser) to run the
> docs.

Really, I do understand: I distribute our own docs using a client-only
search  engine  (with the index pre-compiled and search JS provided by
our commercial help compiler) so they can run from CD/flash. The JS is
proprietary  but  it  works  very well; the HTML is as sloppy as you'd
expect   from  such  WYSIWYG  help  apps.  *But*  the  offline  search
functionality  is  all  I  care  about  there.  I'm not promoting a JS
framework,  so  I'm  not worried if anyone looks under the hood of the
docs.

--Sandy

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