doc: anchor link parity between markdown and html-generated docs #39304

foxxyz · 2021-07-08T06:52:42Z

Inspired by @aduh95's comments on #39164.

Honestly, this is probably a long shot due to the amount of changes, but I think the benefits are substantial - so here goes.

Main Changes

Replace current HTML anchor generation to match header anchor generation in Github markdown
Remove unnecessary double namespacing on generated anchors/links (E.G. esm.md#loaders instead of esm.md#esm_loaders)
Anchors/links are automatically prefixed with their respective modules when concatenated for usage in all.html

Benefits

All anchor links within and between markdown API docs actually work (try it out here)
Adding new anchor links no longer requires contributors to generate the HTML docs first to look up the correct anchors
Anchors are much shorter
Simpler anchor generation
All previous anchor links are preserved by generating hidden legacy anchors.

Linting (make lint-md) and doc generation (make doc-only) should have verified all new links are correct, so hopefully that saves you from needing to double-check 95% of changes in this PR. The most important changes are to files in tools/doc.

I realize this will mean tons of rebasing if this PR stays open, but I don't mind doing it if there's a chance links in the markdown docs might actually work at some point.

Other issues that discuss this: #35189 (specific comment)

aduh95

Thanks a lot for putting the effort into this, that's good work! I am a bit concerned regarding breaking existing links, but maybe the upside is worth the potential breaking. Maybe we could add something similar to what we did at https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/modules.html#modules_module_builtinmodules?

Alternatively, have you looked into https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#heading-ids as an alternative? If GitHub web UI supports those, that would let us keep our existing links for the same benefit – the downside would be to have to add those heading-ids in our .md files.

tools/doc/allhtml.mjs

foxxyz · 2021-07-09T05:31:24Z

Alternatively, have you looked into https://www.markdownguide.org/extended-syntax/#heading-ids as an alternative? If GitHub web UI supports those, that would let us keep our existing links for the same benefit – the downside would be to have to add those heading-ids in our .md files.

That was the first thing I tried :) Unfortunately it's not supported in the Github markdown renderer, it just renders it next to the heading.

I am a bit concerned regarding breaking existing links, but maybe the upside is worth the potential breaking. Maybe we could add something similar to what we did at https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/modules.html#modules_module_builtinmodules?

I think I have a solution: 24df945 adds alias anchors to each heading that reflect the old ID scheme, while keeping the markdown uncluttered. I think that should preserve all incoming links! Let me know if you think the HTML should be different.

tools/doc/html.mjs

tools/doc/allhtml.mjs

aduh95 · 2021-07-21T07:43:38Z

@nodejs/documentation wdyt?
Also, @nodejs/lts this could impact backporting doc changes.

foxxyz · 2021-08-04T03:49:48Z

@aduh95 @jasnell anything I can do to increase chances of feedback and/or adoption?

aduh95 · 2021-08-04T08:33:03Z

I've added the tsc-agenda label to get more feedback and to discuss when would be the best time to land this.

Main changes: - Replace current HTML anchor generation to match header anchor generation in Github markdown. - Remove unnecessary double namespacing on generated anchors/links (E.G. `esm.md#loaders` instead of `esm.md#esm_loaders`). - Anchors/links are automatically prefixed with their respective modules when concatenated for usage in `all.html`. Benefits: - All anchor links within and between markdown API docs actually work. - Adding new anchor links no longer requires contributors to generate the HTML docs first to look up the correct anchors. - Anchors are much shorter. - All previous anchor links are preserved by generating hidden legacy anchors. PR-URL: #39304 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>

aduh95 · 2021-08-29T22:40:59Z

Landed in 6fdd582.

aduh95 · 2021-08-29T22:43:23Z

Thanks again for your hard work on this. Would you like to open a backport PR for v14.x? The commands to achieve that would be:

git fetch upstream master
git fetch upstream v14.x-staging
git reset upstream/v14.x-staging --hard
git cherry-pick 6fdd5827f0956ffc4e7ffe31babaf530e42f75b9

foxxyz · 2021-08-30T01:09:14Z

Awesome!

Thanks again for your hard work on this. Would you like to open a backport PR for v14.x?

I'd love to.

targos · 2021-08-30T04:58:36Z

Please don't backport yet. It would introduce massive conflicts with commits that haven't landed yet on v14.x

foxxyz · 2021-08-30T14:44:30Z

I expect there to be some big conflicts - I don't mind working through them - but happy to wait for your go-ahead before submitting the backport PR, @targos. Let me know.

foxxyz · 2021-09-26T02:25:39Z

@targos any change? is there still a desire to have this backported?

Main changes: - Replace current HTML anchor generation to match header anchor generation in Github markdown. - Remove unnecessary double namespacing on generated anchors/links (E.G. `esm.md#loaders` instead of `esm.md#esm_loaders`). - Anchors/links are automatically prefixed with their respective modules when concatenated for usage in `all.html`. Benefits: - All anchor links within and between markdown API docs actually work. - Adding new anchor links no longer requires contributors to generate the HTML docs first to look up the correct anchors. - Anchors are much shorter. - All previous anchor links are preserved by generating hidden legacy anchors. PR-URL: #39304 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>

targos · 2021-10-09T07:54:56Z

There were little conflicts on v16.x-staging and I fixed them. Pushed at d3f3111

targos · 2021-10-09T07:59:27Z

About v14.x, I would be happy to review a backport pull request, but the branch is going into maintenance in less than two weeks, so maybe it's not worth the work.

Main changes: - Replace current HTML anchor generation to match header anchor generation in Github markdown. - Remove unnecessary double namespacing on generated anchors/links (E.G. `esm.md#loaders` instead of `esm.md#esm_loaders`). - Anchors/links are automatically prefixed with their respective modules when concatenated for usage in `all.html`. Benefits: - All anchor links within and between markdown API docs actually work. - Adding new anchor links no longer requires contributors to generate the HTML docs first to look up the correct anchors. - Anchors are much shorter. - All previous anchor links are preserved by generating hidden legacy anchors. PR-URL: #39304 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>

Main changes: - Replace current HTML anchor generation to match header anchor generation in Github markdown. - Remove unnecessary double namespacing on generated anchors/links (E.G. `esm.md#loaders` instead of `esm.md#esm_loaders`). - Anchors/links are automatically prefixed with their respective modules when concatenated for usage in `all.html`. Benefits: - All anchor links within and between markdown API docs actually work. - Adding new anchor links no longer requires contributors to generate the HTML docs first to look up the correct anchors. - Anchors are much shorter. - All previous anchor links are preserved by generating hidden legacy anchors. PR-URL: nodejs#39304 Reviewed-By: Antoine du Hamel <duhamelantoine1995@gmail.com>

foxxyz · 2021-10-18T04:48:04Z

About v14.x, I would be happy to review a backport pull request, but the branch is going into maintenance in less than two weeks, so maybe it's not worth the work.

Thank you for merging into 16.x, hope it wasn't too cumbersome! 🙌🏽

I've submitted a PR for the backport at #40495 , hopefully I'm not too late.

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