I hadn't realized that "ident" did case-sensitive exact matches instead of

regexp searches.  Updated the instructions to reflect this.

webtools/lxr/ident

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #!/usr/bonsaitools/bin/perl
-# $Id: ident,v 1.3 1998/06/12 22:27:22 jwz Exp $
+# $Id: ident,v 1.4 1998/06/13 18:26:54 jwz Exp $
 
 # ident --	Look up identifiers
 #
@@ -43,10 +43,9 @@ use DB_File;
 sub ident {
 
     print("<P ALIGN=CENTER>\n",
-	  "Free-text search for an identifier (function name, variable ",
-	  "name, typedef, etc.).\n",
-	  "<BR>(Need some <A HREF=\"search-help.html\">Hints</A> ",
-	  "on performing searches?)\n");
+	  "Type the full name of an identifier to summarize",
+	  "<BR>(a function name, variable name, typedef, etc.)\n",
+	  "<BR>Matches are case-sensitive.\n");
 
     print("<form method=get action=\"ident\">\n");
 

webtools/lxr/index.html

@@ -49,26 +49,6 @@
        <TR>
 	<TD ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=TOP NOWRAP>
 
-	 <FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="ident">
-	  <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0>
-	   <TR>
-	    <TD ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER>
-	     <A HREF="ident"><B>Identifier <BR>Search:</B></A>
-	    </TD>
-	    <TD>
-	     <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="i" VALUE="" SIZE=6>
-	     <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Find">
-	    </TD>
-	   </TR>
-	   <TR>
-	    <TD></TD>
-	    <TD><FONT SIZE="-1">
-	     Use this field to search<BR>for C/C++ tokens.</FONT>
-	    </TD>
-	   </TR>
-	  </TABLE>
-	 </FORM>
-
 	 <FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="search">
 	  <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0>
 	   <TR>
@@ -109,6 +89,26 @@
 	  </TABLE>
 	 </FORM>
 
+	 <FORM METHOD=GET ACTION="ident">
+	  <TABLE BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=2 CELLSPACING=0>
+	   <TR>
+	    <TD ALIGN=RIGHT VALIGN=CENTER>
+	     <A HREF="ident"><B>Identifier <BR>Search:</B></A>
+	    </TD>
+	    <TD>
+	     <INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="i" VALUE="" SIZE=6>
+	     <INPUT TYPE=SUBMIT VALUE="Find">
+	    </TD>
+	   </TR>
+	   <TR>
+	    <TD></TD>
+	    <TD><FONT SIZE="-1">
+	     Use this field to find<BR>a particular function,<BR>variable, etc.</FONT>
+	    </TD>
+	   </TR>
+	  </TABLE>
+	 </FORM>
+
 	</TD>
        </TR>
       </TABLE>
@@ -129,18 +129,24 @@ in to the mainline of the mozilla.org
 these pages are updated many times a day, so they should
 be pretty close to the latest-<WBR>and-<WBR>greatest.
 
-<P>Its possible to search among the <A HREF="ident">identifiers</A>
-(function and variable names, etc.) as well as the entire Mozilla 
-source text.  The <A HREF="search">free-text search</A> is implemented 
-using <A HREF="http://glimpse.cs.arizona.edu">Glimpse</A>, so all the
-capabilities of Glimpse are available.  <A HREF="search-help.html">Regular
-expression</A> searches are especially useful.
+<P>It's possible to search through the entire Mozilla source text;
+or to search for files whose name matches a pattern; or to search
+for the definitions of particular functions, variables, etc.
 
-<P>An identifier is a macro, typedef, struct, enum, union, function,
-function prototype or variable.   The individual files of the
-source code are formatted on the fly and presented with clickable
-identifiers.  (This means: please don't use a web-crawler to try and
-download all of these pages.)
+<P>The individual files of the source code are formatted on the fly
+and presented with clickable identifiers.  An <I>identifier</I> is a
+macro, typedef, struct, enum, union, function, function prototype or
+variable.  Clicking on them shows you a summary of how and where they
+are used.
+
+<P>The <A HREF="search">free-text search</A> command is implemented
+using <A HREF="http://glimpse.cs.arizona.edu">Glimpse</A>, so all the
+capabilities of Glimpse are available.  
+<A HREF="search-help.html">Regular expression</A> searches are
+especially useful.
+
+<P>(Don't use use a web-crawler to try and download all of these pages;
+the CGIs will feed you several <I>gigabytes</I> worth of generated HTML!)
 
 <P>The pages here are generated by the 
 <A HREF="http://lxr.linux.no/">LXR</A> tool, which was originally