Re: Snippets Permuted Index

So... this would be like a concordance over the titles of Snippet nodes. Looks like you would need to fix the formatting so that the concordance terms are aligned properly, which will make it a lot easier for manual scanning of the list (and quick seeking to the titles of interest). Ideally, the listing would look something like this (with some sort of highlighting on the concordance term):

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           Stripping bad entries from a # constructor #
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It looks like you're trying to do that, but not quite getting there yet. Why not just set it up as a 3-column table, with the concordance term as the middle column?

And... how about doing this for Code Catacombs, too? The indexing by category in that wing has fallen woefully behind, so any sort of comprehensive index that supports quick-and-easy visual browsing would be an awesome service to all monks.

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Re^2: Snippets Permuted Index by jdporter (Paladin) on Jun 07, 2007 at 19:22 UTC
That is what I'm doing. I'm using `<pre>` to force fixed-width font, and each line has an amount of leading whitespace calculated to make the "concordance terms" align. It looks right for me. Maybe you have browser/font config issues? Why not just set it up as a 3-column table, with the concordance term as the middle column? That's what I had originally. Actually, I only had two table columns, since I did not have the concept of a "concordance term"; I simply sorted the by right-hand side of the cut. Maybe I'll go back to that. But I feel there's a certain elegance in the "just shift each line to achieve desired alignment" approach. A word spoken in Mind will reach its own level, in the objective world, by its own weight	[reply] [d/l]

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Re^2: Snippets Permuted Index
by jdporter (Paladin) on Jun 07, 2007 at 19:22 UTC

That is what I'm doing. I'm using <pre> to force fixed-width font, and each line has an amount of leading whitespace calculated to make the "concordance terms" align. It looks right for me. Maybe you have browser/font config issues?

Why not just set it up as a 3-column table, with the concordance term as the middle column?

That's what I had originally. Actually, I only had two table columns, since I did not have the concept of a "concordance term"; I simply sorted the by right-hand side of the cut. Maybe I'll go back to that. But I feel there's a certain elegance in the "just shift each line to achieve desired alignment" approach.

A word spoken in Mind will reach its own level, in the objective world, by its own weight

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