Re: [Scrollkeeper-devel] Simple URI's

[Nik C. <ni...@no...>]

On Mon, Dec 04, 2000 at 10:10:25AM -0600, Dan Mueth wrote:
> On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Laszlo Kovacs wrote:
> > > Let the users use bookmarks.  On a network with multiple architectures,
> > > does "modem-HOWTO" refer to the Linux, FreeBSD, or Solaris document?
> 
> Bookmarks won't help here.  Bookmarks do not provide a mechanism for one
> document to cross-reference another, 

Nor should they.  Document cross references are going to be a pain in
the backside, which ever way you cut it.  I don't think is really within
sk's purview.

[ For example, suppose I have a document that references modem-HOWTO in
  a link.  What happens to the link if modem-HOWTO hasn't been
  installed?  Is it active (and generates an error if it's clicked), or
  is it inactive, or what? ]

> nor do they help a user find a document they've never seen before.  

That's what the index, table of contents, and free text search are for.

N
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