Am Freitag, 17. Juli 2009 16:11:45 schrieb D. R. Evans: > D. R. Evans said the following at 07/16/2009 04:23 PM : > > I'm sure this is answered somewhere in the manual, but I can't find it > > (actually, that's my biggest complaint about the manual... I just cannot > > find stuff in it; maybe I'm just too used to the TeXbook's index). > > I think I should make it clear, having seen how this thread has developed, > that I chose the TeXbook merely as an example of a book with a wonderful > index -- I don't think I have ever failed to find what I wanted after > consulting its index. It had nothing to do with the fact that the TeXbook > happens to be about putting characters on a page. > > Perhaps the following figures are telling: > > Scribus manual length: ~430 pages > Scribus index length: ~6 pages > > TeX manual length: ~455 pages > TeX index length: ~25 pages
As one of the main authors of the manual I have to say that the index is always up for improvements. However, I don't think it's a good idea to compare the index of a Scribus book with a (La)TeX book. After all, (La)TeX requires hundreds of commands/parameters/switches etc. Please don't take this as critcism of (La)TeX! I love it and have my fair share of books on the topic on my shelves, but you better compare the printed manual to a QuarkXPress or InDesign manual. That being said, feel free to send me suggestions as to how we can improve the current index. Christoph
