Perl5's otherwise excellent documentation lacks a "conceptual index". This would include those characters, words or expressions to which doc authors want pointers. Authors would have to provide explicit indexing hints. E.g. = begin index_hints loop,"control structures",for,while,block,{,},last,redo,continue,label = end index_hints One set of hints per document might be fine grained enough, or perhaps they would need to refer to sections or paragraphs. I don't know how that could be implemented. I know that grep can be used for this purpose, but explicit indexing hints allows authors greater control and has the potential of making the docs more accessible to tyros. A browsable index is a useful thing even on e-media; it helps one reach those "*That's* the term they use for that" moments. -- -- Tim Conrow tim@ipac.caltech.edu 626-395-8435Thread Next