> A convenient way to search keywords in a document > is to catenate all the HTML files together as one, > and then use the browser (esp. FireFox) to do the > searching.
The CHM format has a very decent full text search, that really makes index unnecessary, it has a nice hierarchical contents, it compresses the help folder several times. The viewers are available for all platforms. --- Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the feedback re the J dictionary. > > I have removed mention of conjunctions wrt trains. > > I have removed the sentence in section II G > that contains the word "operator". I will think > of a place to put the description that operator > denotes adverb or conjunction. > > I have removed mention of trident. "Bident" > continues to be used just once, as the label > on row 6 of the parse table. (Row 5 is now > labelled "Fork".) > > I have made no changes regarding "pro-adverb" > and "pro-conjunction", nor regarding "pronoun" > and "proverb". > > I prefer not to have a separate definitional > section. Such a section increases the chances > of having two different definitions for the > same term. As well, many of these terms are > best defined together in running prose. > (For example, cell, frame, and item.) > > The index is constructed by a program. The > program can be improved. For example, I would > like the program to accept a list of terms > that should be indexed in addition to any > terms that it comes up with. It is mystifying > to me how the program can omit from the index > words like "adverb" and "cell" and "quicksort". > > A convenient way to search keywords in a document > is to catenate all the HTML files together as one, > and then use the browser (esp. FireFox) to do the > searching. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Boyko Bantchev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Sunday, October 1, 2006 11:51 am > Subject: [Jgeneral] word-chasing in the docs > > > I spent some time of the weekend chasing the > > definitions of certain terms in the documentation > > that comes with the J distribution. Here are some > > observations from my reading that I would like to > > share. ... > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
