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Methods in <s>search</s> index results should display signature

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#1,038 opened on Jun 13, 2019

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Description

If I go to https://nemocas.github.io/AbstractAlgebra.jl/latest/search/?q=modulus then the first four hits are all displayed identically as AbstractAlgebra.Generic.modulus (method).

I have to click on each (or carefully study the link URL) to figure out the difference, and thus ultimately find the correct method.

It would be much nicer if there was extra information about the signature of each method. E.g. instead of (method) one could write (method with signature modulus(a::AbstractAlgebra.PolyElem{T}) where {T <: ResElem}).

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Investigate how Documenter.jl generates search index and renders search results. Look for the code that handles displaying method entries and modify it to include signature information. Check the HTML template and JavaScript that processes search results.
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