Thank you Duncan. That is exactly what I meant. The next level (for example, after clicking on R Miscellanea) should also have numbers.
Whether or not it's possible in html as implimented on the R website is another matter of course. --- Duncan Murdoch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/23/2007 11:28 AM, Prof Brian Ripley wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007, John Kane wrote: > > > >> The FAQ Section 7 is a very useful place for new > users > >> to find out any number of R idiosycracies. > However > >> there is no numbering on the FAQ Table of Content > or > >> on the Sections Tables of Contents. > > > > Hmm, doc/FAQ does have a numbered table of > contents and numbered sections > > and doc/manual/R-FAQ.html does have numbered > sections and my browser's > > search finds 7.10 straight away. > > I think the suggestion is to change the contents > lists in HTML from <ul> > lists to <ol> lists. Then one would see > > 1. Introduction > 2. R Basics > 3. R and S > 4. R Web Interfaces > 5. R Add-On Packages > 6. R and Emacs > 7. R Miscellanea > 8. R Programming > 9. R Bugs > 10. Acknowledgments > > instead of > > * Introduction > * R Basics > * R and S > * R Web Interfaces > * R Add-On Packages > * R and Emacs > * R Miscellanea > * R Programming > * R Bugs > * Acknowledgments > > in a browser, and I agree that would be preferable > (assuming the > numbering is consistent with what we get in the > other formats). > However, I don't see how to tell makeinfo --html to > do this. Adding > --number-sections isn't enough. > > Duncan Murdoch > > > > > > >> An R-help list reply of "Read FAQ 7.10" in > response to > >> a question about converting a factor to numeric > is a > >> bit cryptic. The only time 7.10 appears is after > the > >> searcher has found the entry. > > > > It would help if you told us what you are > searching that did not contain > > '7.10'. > > > >> Would it be a good idea to actually number the > entries > >> for the FAQ Table of Contents and the Table of > >> Contents for the Sections? > > > > I think we do. > > > > ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
