On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, Matthew Persico wrote:
> 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?
Well, I didn't really suggest, so I don't know what I want. ;-)
But in response to your query, no.
To summarize below.
L<> # Point to something out there
X<> # Something out there, point to me!
a) A hyperlink is rather web-centric, and doesn't translate well
for indexing in other media. (At least, not finely.)
b) L<> is for linking/pointing/redirecting to something that currently
exists. It also predisposes you to maintaining/controlling the
document you are linking from. Presumably indexing would be used to
auto-generate a page of L<> stubs back to themselves. (I don't know
what prompted the original suggestion, I was just offering a
suggestion.)
For example, it I want to send someone somewhere for more info,
you'd use a L<>.
"Look at the definition of foo at L<perlfoo>."
As opposed having perlfoo contain lots of
X<foo> means this.
X<bar> means this.
And being able to auto-generate perlindex
See C<foo> in L<perlfoo>, L<perlbar>, and L<perlrep>
See C<bar> in L<perlfoo>, and L<perlbar>.
I could see how indexing would/could be useful.
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Bryan C. Warnock
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