Deprecated prebuilding of search index

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squidfunk 2021-10-02 15:53:47 +02:00
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@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ The following options are supported:
separator: '[\s\-\.]+'
```
`prebuild_index`{ #prebuild-index }
~~`prebuild_index`~~{ #prebuild-index }[^1]
: :octicons-milestone-24: Default: `false` · :octicons-beaker-24:
Experimental MkDocs can generate a [prebuilt index][7] of all pages during
: :octicons-milestone-24: Default: `false` · :octicons-archive-24: Deprecated
MkDocs can generate a [prebuilt index][7] of all pages during
build time, which provides performance improvements at the cost of more
bandwidth, as it reduces the build time of the search index:
@ -123,11 +123,16 @@ The following options are supported:
- search:
prebuild_index: true
```
This may be beneficial for large documentation projects served with
appropriate headers, i.e. `Content-Encoding: gzip`, but benchmarking before
deployment is recommended.
[^1]:
The `prebuild_index` feature was deprecated in 7.3.0 and will be removed
in 8.x. Insiders removed support in 3.0.0 with the advent of the new
search plugin.
_Material for MkDocs doesn't provide official support for the other options of
this plugin, so they may be supported but might yield unexpected results.
Use them at your own risk._