Re: [irsg] Resending: Page numbers in RFCs questions / preferences

[Jeffrey Haas <[e-mail]>]

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 06:36:19PM +0000, Acee Lindem (acee) wrote:
> I wasn't involved in the RFC format discussion either but can't see how
> removing the pagination could have been seen as an advantage.
> Additionally, it is annoying that the htmlized version don't provide links
> to sections/sub-sections from TOC. 

I understand why the page numbers were removed.  I think you're getting to
the more core issue: There is a need to provide a way to refer to portions
of documents easily.

For individual sections, the TOC absolutely should provide linkage to
sections, especially in formats like HTML.

The input XML already provides blocks.  It should be fairly reasonable for
the tool to provide you something like "this is section X.Y, ¶5".

How such a thing would eventually manifest in our old school email
discussions is likely to be the ugly discussion.

-- Jeff