Yes, indeedy, Tex;
And here are the horrible,
horrible results of using search:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/wzuwc3us11..._List.png?dl=0
And,
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2gw7dz3slv..._page.png?dl=0
..the results on the page. It's the way the bulk of ePUB e-readers work. Apple makes it look "snazzier," but the functionality is the same.
Done now. Tex has demonstrated, with his speedy fingers, better than I, why the whole idea of creating massive indices is a huge waste of time, for anything more complex than "See Spot Run."
And really, if anyone is still wanting to do "something," but just doesn't want the apparently-loathed blue link, the obvious solution is simply to switch up a CSS class for the indices links, and make the linked element something OTHER THAN BLUE. Like, say, a grey background, aka, a highlight. Or PINK. Anything other than a simple blue link. (n.b.: obviously, don't make it something that disappears when night mode is on). I fail, utterly, to see the difference between "a highlighted phrase," and a link, in the usage. The target IS. A. LINK. Yes, it will display this way in the normal reading mode, but: so what? If it's attractive, nobody will care. (For that matter, even making them plain blue links doesn't seem to upset the apple cart). Of course, that doesn't solve the dreaded multi-link and multi-page issue,
naturally.
Hitch