"Bryan C. Warnock" wrote:
>
> On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, Tim Conrow wrote:
> > Perl5's otherwise excellent documentation lacks a "conceptual index".
> > This would include those characters, words or expressions to which doc
> > authors want pointers. Authors would have to provide explicit indexing
> > hints. E.g.
> >
> > = begin index_hints
> >
> > loop,"control structures",for,while,block,{,},last,redo,continue,label
> >
> > = end index_hints
> >
> > One set of hints per document might be fine grained enough, or perhaps
> > they would need to refer to sections or paragraphs. I don't know how
> > that could be implemented.
> >
>
> Perhaps index via X<>?
>
> =head1 SUMMARY
>
> C<bar()> implements a type of construct known as X<index>ing.
>
> Syntax could be similar to L<>, with allowing index on one word or
> phrase, while printing another.
>
> X<indexing|index>, from above.
>
> Much finer control, even being able to index multiple lines within the
> same doc.
Seems to me that any entry that could make it to an index is probably a
good candidate for a hyperlink. Doesn't L<> already fit the bill here
for what you want?
>
> --
> Bryan C. Warnock
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