Re: Indexing hypertext

Norman Walsh wrote:
> 3. Use the title of the closest surrounding section.  It's even
> coarser than page numbers (if the sections are long), but it may
> help you figure out where to go first.

Here is what I advocate. Every indexed word has an entire associated
page. The page has a list of occurrences with section number, paragraph
number, and a textual extract to provide textual "context". I consider
this far superior to what you would get from a print index.

 Paul Prescod

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Re: Paragraph breaks, (continued) Sebastian Rahtz - Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:13:56 -0400 (EDT) Sebastian Rahtz - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Frank Christoph - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:37:46 -0400 (EDT) Norman Walsh - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 07:37:53 -0400 (EDT) Paul Prescod - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 10:42:29 -0400 (EDT) <= Joe English - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 14:44:27 -0400 (EDT) Sebastian Rahtz - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:44:31 -0400 (EDT) James Clark - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:29:55 -0400 (EDT) Matthias Clasen - Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:45:18 -0400 (EDT)

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Re: Paragraph breaks, (continued)
- Sebastian Rahtz - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:20:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Frank Christoph - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:37:46 -0400 (EDT)
  - Norman Walsh - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 07:37:53 -0400 (EDT)
    - Paul Prescod - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 10:42:29 -0400 (EDT) <=
  - Joe English - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 14:44:27 -0400 (EDT)
- Sebastian Rahtz - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 04:44:31 -0400 (EDT)
- James Clark - Mon, 4 Aug 1997 11:29:55 -0400 (EDT)
  - Matthias Clasen - Tue, 5 Aug 1997 10:45:18 -0400 (EDT)

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