Re: [Scrollkeeper-devel] Simple URI's

[Ali A. <ALI...@au...>]

On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Nik Clayton wrote:

> 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.


I agree - it will be a pain to support cross references properly (I wrote 
this in a previous mail but its stuck in the mail spool at home! DOH)

I think if people want "cross-links" they should use a 'See Also' at the 
end of the document

Regards,
Ali