Re: glossary

[Phillip J Shelton <shelton usq edu au>]

Telsa Gwynne wrote:

> > (3) Somebody wants to enrich or entertain themselves by reading a bunch of
> > definitions. This would be a relatively rare use for the glossary, but
> > might be nice to have.  We could present a header page with the letters of
> > the alphabet linking to pages showing all the terms starting with that
> > letter.  Perhaps we could place some sort of a small button("Browse"?) on
> > the "Glossary" tab I suggested above which opens this glossary browse
> > page.
>
> I like this. I would use it. I was surprised to discover that it wasn't
> just me who would wander round /usr/doc or the manual pages thinking,
> "What else is on my system?" and reading it. But then, I am the sort
> of person who looks things up in an encyclopaedia or a dictionary and
> then gets sidetracked onto all the other entries.

I do that too.

Phill