On 6/22/2015 10:46 AM, [email protected] wrote:
I agree we all think differently, but the output should collate the descriptions while keeping only a single common link. The difference with the wiki 'keyword in context' is I can see the duplication. The auto doc page infers many unique links.
The whole point of a permuted index is to provide an alphabetical list of keywords, shown along with some context, and references (links) to where they appear. It is an alphabetical list because it originates (earlier than I though, ca. 1864!) as an organizational tool for printed matter.
Collating the descriptions together would defeat the point of the permutation of the title text, which is to provide an index entry for each keyword in the title.
The style used here is familiar going back to early Unix installations. I remember there being a permuted index page for each of the man chapters in versions I used in the early 80s, before man -k (aka apropos) was invented, and that being one of the only ways to discover the existence of useful Unix commands.
The value to an end user is perhaps not as apparent in the fossil index as it is covering so few pages. Perhaps it would add value if the index covered the help text and perhaps some of the wiki as well.
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