Barebones Glossary Extension

[andrewpbray]

If you're looking for a way to centrally collect items spread across many documents (definitions, functions, etc), you might find this helpful.

https://github.com/andrewpbray/glossary

It is inspired by the listings feature in quarto projects. In essence, it copies divs with a particular class found across a set of files into a document. I use it in my website to have a glossary of definitions that are defined across the website as well as a glossary of R functions.

At the moment the filter is just a naive copy-paste machine, lacking cross-references or customized glossary layouts. My plan is to revisit these after v 1.4, potentially adding cross-refs and custom layouts via ejs templates.

Several other folks have worked on making glossaries. You can track their work at #1697