gnu-octave / gnu-octave/packages
Feature request - ability to search for individual function names within packages.
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Description
I know this is a non-trivial request, and may or may not already be part of the goal for this project, but I thought I'd open this as an issue to have a proper place for it.
Essentially, if this page is going to partly replace what octave-forge was used for (in terms of acting as a repository of packages), it would be useful to be able to search "inside" packages, for the presence (and possibly documentation) of provided functions.
One way this could be achieved is if package maintainers were asked to provide a list of provided functions (preferably with a link to documentation) with their packages, that could then be searched from the main search interface.
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Research direction
Review how package metadata is represented and how the main search interface currently indexes packages. Define how maintainers would provide function names and documentation links, then make those details searchable within packages. Done means users can find individual functions and reach their documentation from search results.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Domain
- search
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100