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Proposal: README Table of Contents

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Description

It's rather difficult to navigate the README. I often find myself searching for a heading with CTRL+F, but that doesn't work so well as the terms appear throughout. A Table of Contents would solve this issue.

D3 has nice ones that look like this:

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https://github.com/d3/d3-selection#api-reference

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start with the repository README and review its existing headings and structure. Add a Table of Contents matching the README sections, then verify that its links navigate to the intended headings.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Domain
documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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