[NTG-context] Re: "see also"

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 07.09.25 um 14:47 schrieb Rik Kabel:
> 
> On 2025-09-07 06:50, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
>> Hi,
>> for cross references in an index, I can use \seeindex{cow}{cattle}.
>> That gives an index entry "cow see cattle" if I never used 
>> \index{cow}, otherwise "cow 123, see cattle".
>>
>> In these cases, I’d prefer "cow 123, see _also_ cattle".
>> How can I do that?
>>
> I have a convoluted way of doing it.
> 
> First, I define a topic index and a parallel topic seeindex which 
> gobbles the page number:
> 
>     \defineregister[Tindex]
>     \setupregister [Tindex][n=2,
>                            ]
>     \defineregister[SeeTindex]% see also index for Topics
>     \setupregister [SeeTindex][n=2,
>                                 pagecommand=\gobbleoneargument,
>                               ]
> 
> Then I can index normally
> 
>          \TIndex{quotation+direct}%
>          \TIndex{quotation+indirect}%
>          \TIndex{marking}%
> 
> except for the see also entry, which requires:
> 
>       \setregisterentry[SeeTindex]
>     [keys:2=zzz,entries:1=punctuation,entries:2={{\em See also} marking}]%

And then, I guess: \placeregister[Tindex,SeeTindex]

Yes, thank you, that’s an option I didn’t consider. I already have 5 
registers, another one won’t hurt.

Hraban
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