Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processingin auto-index generation.

[Dave Pawson <davep@dpawson.co.uk>]

Norman Walsh wrote:
> / Tony Graham <Tony.Graham@MenteithConsulting.com> was heard to say:
> | On Wed, Mar 12 2008 12:18:29 +0000, ndw@nwalsh.com wrote:
> | ...
> |> Likewise, using pseudo-page numbers:
> |>
> |>   F
> |>
> |>     Foo, _1_, _2_
> |>
> |> is misleading because readers have been conditioned to think of those as
> |> page numbers. A "1" under Foo should be the same place as a "1" under
> |> Bar which simply won't be the case.
> |
> | FWIW, I think that scheme works okay in the CSS2 index at
> | http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2/indexlist.html
> 
> Bleh. I think it looks ridiculous. 


Me too? It seems to be trying to outguess the author?
A little bit M$  'ish?

Peurile perhaps, rather than ridiculous Tony?



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