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Glossary term index

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
I have noticed that the glossary terms themselves do not have a dedicated index. IMO this would be a prefect usage of the index to get a global alphabetically ordered index. The main use case is when the main glossary page is more structured, e.g. grouped by concepts.

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Start by reviewing Sphinx's existing glossary and index functionality to identify the relevant entry points; the issue names no files or tests. Define how a global alphabetically ordered glossary-term index should work when glossary content is grouped by concepts, then verify that the resulting index meets that use case.

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Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation
Issue type
Feature
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5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
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