From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 11178@debbugs.gnu.org, cyd@gnu.org
Subject: bug#11178: 24.0.94; Elisp manual: add index entries for :link LINK-DATA alternatives
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:35:51 +0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <83y5q23vu0.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <A3C946A1BC534AA69BDC0CD2CF3040D0@us.oracle.com>
> From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> Cc: <cyd@gnu.org>, <11178@debbugs.gnu.org>
> Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:37:39 -0700
>
> > > These are reference entries. No different from indexing
> > > individual function names or individual button properties.
> >
> > Perhaps adding two more index entries, something like
> >
> > @cindex links to documentation for customization items
> > @cindex customization items, links to documentation
> >
> > would do the job. Currently, I see only one index entry there:
> >
> > @kindex link@r{, customization keyword}
> >
> > which IMO is not enough for when the reader wants to find information
> > about adding links to the docs. The existing index entry only covers
> > efficiently the case when the reader is specifically looking for the
> > 'link' keyword and already knows what that's used for.
>
> What Eli says is also pertinent. But independent.
>
> Again, you are talking about indexing _topics_. I am talking about _reference_
> index entries.
We've been through this before, Drew, and we already established that
your views about indexing are not shared. Bringing that up again
won't change that.
> If a user wants to look up the particular button property `follow-link', she
> does `i follow-link' and Bob's an uncle.
She can also do 'i link TAB', see "link, customization keyword" and
Bob's her uncle. IOW, if she already knows she's after follow-link,
she'll have no trouble finding it.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-04-11 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-04-04 22:24 bug#11178: 24.0.94; Elisp manual: add index entries for :link LINK-DATA alternatives Drew Adams
2012-04-11 6:18 ` Chong Yidong
2012-04-11 6:27 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-11 8:13 ` Eli Zaretskii
2012-04-11 17:37 ` Drew Adams
2012-04-11 19:35 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2012-04-11 20:34 ` Drew Adams
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