Hi Susan, you're keeping me quite busy today :-)
> I just found the Debian search system on http://www.debian.org/ghindex.html. > This seems to me like a big step forward, and am sorry I didn't see it > before. Just yesterday I remarked to someone (for whom I had answered a > user-question by specifying the appropriate HOWTO) that the HOWTO's > desperately needed a search interface. > > Questions and comments: > 1. In the line "Files in this directory", what does the > word 'this' refer to? The root directory of the web pages directory structure. > 2. Would it be possible (i.e., would the motivation/pain ratio exceed 1) > to add the HOWTO's to the list of indexed files, Hmmm... I'm extracting /usr/info already... I'll put it on the todo list. > and then automate the > rebuild of the glimpse index as new packages appear for doc-linux? The glimpse index is rebuilt daily. > 3. Going further, would it possible (same as above) to simply add all > of /usr/doc and all of /usr/info to the list of indexed files? Hmm... doable... Also http://www.debian.org/cgi-bin/info2www will hopefully work again someday soon. > If so, > the text above the search engine form could be greatly streamlined. > > 4. Comment: it would be nice to put the selectable directories in a > <SELECT><OPTION> ....</SELECT> grouping, where the default was ALL. It's autogenerated; I don't want to mess with it right now. Greetings, Ray -- POPULATION EXPLOSION Unique in human experience, an event which happened yesterday but which everyone swears won't happen until tomorrow. - The Hipcrime Vocab by Chad C. Mulligan
