Am 14.04.98 schrieb aj # azure.humbug.org.au ... Moin Anthony!
AT> =46rom this vantage point, it seems to me that Christian is looking more AT> for a way of indexing documents (why would someone be looking for this AT> document= ?), AT> while Marco is looking more for a way of arranging them (which order AT> should I put these documents in for ease of browsing?). No, I think we have only different ways for the same purpose. AT> Debian AT> Programming AT> Debian Development AT> Day to Day Use AT> System Administration ----> User Administration AT> Security AT> ,----Networking=20 AT> | Filesystem Management AT> V Device Management AT> Using PPP AT> Using SLIP AT> Using ISDN AT> Using Cable-modems AT> Routing -------------> IP Masq Howto AT> ipfwadm manpage AT> route manpage AT> ... And you think that is a good idea? Hm. In most cases it#s difficult to find something, if you use to many subdirectories. For example I find it diffcult to find something on a lot of commerical WWW server (Adobe for example). AT> generic categories like that is a good way of finding things. Some AT> explanation of what the categories *mean* might be useful. That#s what the tag SectionTitle is for. dhelp uses this already. We#re talking only about the directories at the moment and not about the descriptions. AT> I'd expect something like a system wide default language and then a choice AT> box to choose a different language if desired, rather than having to=20 AT> choose a language explicitly for each document. Is this possible? No, because most browsers doesn#t support the prefered language system of HTTP. And your solution would not work: as German user I would like to be able to read the English *and* the German version of a HOWTO for example, because the German translation is maybe out of date. At the moment dhelp creates a root directory for each installed language: HOWTO admin X11 de/HOWTO de/admin de/X11 AT> In the indexing scheme, having the same document referenced from multiple What do you mean with indexing? AT> places is perfectly natural -- No. Look at the WWW server. AT> the FSSTND would be included under both "Debian development" and=20 AT> "administration", and so forth. I don#t see any connection of FSSTND to Debian or to admin. This should go to "standards" for example. AT> A searching utility, and a by-package listing would then only need to be AT> used when you want to clarify points, much like the original purpose of AT> man. ? cu, Marco -- Uni: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fido: 2:240/5202.15 Mailbox: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.tu-harburg.de/~semb2204/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
