Re: Master index for User/Developer/Modeler guide (and maybe wiki)

From: Andrus Adamchik (andru..bjectstyle.org)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2005 - 12:26:03 EST

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    > Andrus Adamchik <andru..bjectstyle.org> wrote:
    >> I don't know anything about building a book-style index, but we
    >> already have a mechanism to generate PDF documentation that is easily
    >> searchable by Acrobat or Apple Preview.app ... Just need to work on
    >> the looks (I know Anton, the author of PDF integration, is already
    >> looking at some of the style issues).
    >
    > Unless Modeler and User Guide documentation is stuck into one document,
    > it won't help enough.
    >
    > A sequential search through a pdf isn't as easy as a real index on the
    > web site. [Actually, I just tried out Acrobat Reader 6 and it does
    > provide a list of results now -- improvement].

    I guess I am just spoiled by the Preview.app on the Mac - the search
    function is amazing. And it should become much better with Tiger release
    this year:

    http://developer.apple.com/macosx/tiger/spotlight.html

    Andrus

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