Re: Index

On Wed, Aug 08, 2001 at 12:26:36AM +0200, jeroen@php.net wrote: > There is currently one thing lacking for the documentation: An index. I mean > an index with at least all function names, in alphabetic order. > > I know, there are lists on the web (php.net too, I think), but I mean in the > manual itself. It should also contain lemma's like '%', 'string', > 'safe-mode', etc. > > In docbook, there are xml-tags for this. > > 1) Do you agree that an index should be added? Yes :) > 2) Does someone have any experience with this? (the docbook documentation > itself has an index, including all the tags. I think that the way they did > it, would be useful for us too. Assuming that that documentation is written > in DocBook, but hey... our website is in PHP, so I guess so :-) Most books are written with DocBook, the PHP manual also. > 3) If not, does anyone want to do some experiments? My time is limited. But at phpdoc should be Scheme program for sorting such entries. To extract the function names would be easy. > 4) If not, shall I do some experiments? (not committing, of course, until it > works) Yes :) -Egon -- All known books about PHP and related books: http://php.net/books.php Concert Band of the University of Hohenheim: http://www.concert-band.de/ First and second bestselling book in German: http://www.php-buch.de/