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Subject: Re: Plain text documents
From: David Niklas ####@####.####
Date: 19 Feb 2016 14:47:17 +0000
Message-Id: <20160217181602.683f0a54@ulgy_thing>

On Tue, 9 Feb 2016 01:35:43 -0800
David Lawyer ####@####.#### wrote:

> These two quotes were fro the "History of LDP" thread
> > David Lawyer wrote
> > I agree but one nice feature about linuxdoc (seldom used anymore) or
> > wikis is that they automatically create a table of contents.  If there
> > is no such table in a doc, one can as a substitute type in words to
> > search the doc but a table of contents is sometimes easier to use to
> > find what you are looking for (or for something of interest you were
> > not looking for):.
> >   
> > On 2/4/2016 10:46 AM, David Niklas wrote:
> > Many people create their own TOC in txt docs, some of them IMHO are
> > very pretty :)
> >
> > Sincerely, David
> I don't understand.  You likely mean that the created TOC's contain
> more that just the section headings and numbering.  But how does one
> get to a topic found in the TOC?  In html one just clicks on it but not
> for a text doc.  If the doc is very short (a screen or two) then no TOC
> is needed (except for smartphones with small screens).
> 
<snip>

Your going to kick yourself.
1. Open the find dialogue.
2. Type in the section number. If that does not exist the section name
  will do.
3. Hit find.
Viola!

Sincerely, David

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