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Although the Java TOC Applet is used for the table of contents, it could theoretically be used for the index, as well.
I explored this direction for a short time with the voyant_indexer.pl perl program. It still outputs m_idx.script which can be plugged into the Java TOC Applet (such as on a m_idx.html file) in the same manner that the m_tree.script files are plugged into the m_toc.html file.
I stopped pursuing this because:
1 There are loading delays when the applet first reads in the script file. The delays in going back and forth between the table of contents and index would be too great, particularly for very large indices.
2 Some of my projects create large indices on the order of 20,000 entries or more, depending upon whether or not word-chunking is turned on. It may have necessitated breaking the index into nested script files by letter, much like the table of contents, which introduces further loading delays.
3 The script files cannot be searched from the browser. Therefore, it can be more difficult to locate entries in a large index even after expanding it.
4 The window for the applet (even if put into a separate browser instance) place limitations on the display region and scrolling.
5 Most important of all, the present design of multiple HTML files for the index works; the pages load fast, scroll easy, and can be searched.
Still, there are other areas and other information slicing-and-dicing that this Java TOC Applet can be used for.
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Open-Source tools compliments of Voyant Technologies, Inc. and Glenn C. Maxey.
01/13/2003
TP Tools v2-00-0a
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