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Bug #380844
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Comment 9 for bug 380844

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Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg) wrote on 2010-09-02: Re: [Bug 380844] Re: Link to anchors within pages

Please send an email to either me or the mailing list for discussions
- try to keep these comments focused on the exact feature / bug in the
description above. After discussion conclusions can land in separate
reports are can be added to this report.

Thanks,

Jaap

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Ian Starrie <email address hidden> wrote:
> On further consideration of this issue, with regards to how I see myself
> using it, I think most of my anchors would end up being headings, so the
> anchor within a link's display text would not be as useful as I was
> first speculating, and in fact could be detrimental if my earlier
> comment about offering an option to limit searches to areas following a
> specified anchor would be possible. I can just link to the associated
> heading anchor for the section in which the link appears instead.
>
> I see anchors greatest strength in filling the same role they fill in
> html pages; which is to allow documents to be broken up into logical
> chunks or related text labeled with a header that can be easily moved to
> from a link. I would have no troubles with them being limited to
> headings if it could simplify matters, though at the same time I can see
> why they would be appealing to use more arbitrarily within the text.
> Though at that point they may be becoming confused with tags, as far as
> their purpose goes.
>
> As far as the backlinks thing goes, I am not sure I should be the one
> making a bug report on that, as I really don't see myself using them
> much, it would make more sense if someone else with a more vested
> interest in them state a use case for enhancing that feature in a
> meaningful manner.
>
> Would the suggested search addition be possible though? Should that be a
> seperate bug report? If so, would it be appropraite to make a feature
> request concerning a feature request at this time? I have to say that
> aside from anchors themselves, that ability to narrow a search down is
> my biggest concern at the moment, and this seems a perfect way to
> fullfill that need.
>
> --
> Link to anchors within pages
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380844
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to Zim.
>

Thanks,

Jaap

On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Ian Starrie <380844@bugs.launchpad.net> wrote:
> On further consideration of this issue, with regards to how I see myself
> using it, I think most of my anchors would end up being headings, so the
> anchor within a link's display text would not be as useful as I was
> first speculating, and in fact could be detrimental if my earlier
> comment about offering an option to limit searches to areas following a
> specified anchor would be possible. I can just link to the associated
> heading anchor for the section in which the link appears instead.
>
> I see anchors greatest strength in filling the same role they fill in
> html pages; which is to allow documents to be broken up into logical
> chunks or related text labeled with a header that can be easily moved to
> from a link. I would have no troubles with them being limited to
> headings if it could simplify matters, though at the same time I can see
> why they would be appealing to use more arbitrarily within the text.
> Though at that point they may be becoming confused with tags, as far as
> their purpose goes.
>
> As far as the backlinks thing goes, I am not sure I should be the one
> making a bug report on that, as I really don't see myself using them
> much, it would make more sense if someone else with a more vested
> interest in them state a use case for enhancing that feature in a
> meaningful manner.
>
> Would the suggested search addition be possible though? Should that be a
> seperate bug report? If so, would it be appropraite to make a feature
> request concerning a feature request at this time? I have to say that
> aside from anchors themselves, that ability to narrow a search down is
> my biggest concern at the moment, and this seems a perfect way to
> fullfill that need.
>
> --
> Link to anchors within pages
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/380844
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to Zim.
>