Re: index support

[Owen Taylor <otaylor redhat com>]

On Mon, 2003-05-19 at 18:39, Matthias Clasen wrote:
> I have attached a patch adding index support to gtk-doc to 
> 
> http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=92861
> 
> Here is what I wrote in the bug:
> 
> Here is a patch to make gtk-doc support index creation. In order to
> use it, simply add an <index/> element at the proper spot in your
> driver document. gtk-doc emits two index entries per symbol, one
> primary one and a secondary one under the symbol type, e.g. the
> G_LIKELY() macro will produce an entry "G_LIKELY()" under "G" and an
> entry "macros, G_LIKELY()" under "M".
> 
> Do you think this is a good idea ?

I think an index is a great idea. I don't quite understand the
benefits of making things appear in two places. It seems to
be making something that is huge, huger.

If you have all the identifiers on a single web page, you
can then use your web browsers search feature.

Regards,
                                    Owen