Re: [OctDev] HTML function reference

[Søren Hauberg]

son, 08 02 2009 kl. 09:05 +0100, skrev David Bateman:
> Soren Hauberg wrote:
> > The problem with the alphabetical list is that it is hard to create it.
> > Let's assume you make a release of one of your packages, and you have
> > added a new function, 'my_new_function', to your package. Then, the page
> > listing functions starting with 'm' will have to be updated to include
> > the new function. Who should do this update, and how should it be done?
> > If the list has to be generated it'll essentially require that whoever
> > generates the list has all packages installed. 
> >
> >   
> Could we traverse the webpages installed on octave-forge and create the 
> alphabetical function-reference in place.

Assuming we can run some scripting language on the Octave-Forge servers,
then I think we could do this.

>  We could perhaps even allow 
> the package manager to do that..

I don't really understand what you're hinting at.

Soren