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Subject:Re: pagination From:"Eric L. Dunn" <edunn -at- TRANSPORT -dot- BOMBARDIER -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 7 Jun 1999 13:39:47 -0400
First suggestion would be to stop posting in MIME format (use plain ASCII).
;-)
Need to know more about the manuals to suggest something useful. If you are
referring to stand alone documents that need to reference each other, I
think the solution you already have would be the best. In some form or
another the index is going to have to identify which manual and which page
so I would think you're stuck with a minimum of clutter in the index. The
large number scheme (UG-22) need not be perpetuated to the actual manuals
however.
Or perhaps try and build the index like this:
