Hi Robert,

On 2012-04-26 12:07, Robert Blackstone wrote:
> In many books page numbers indicating illustrations are set in italics. Pagenumbers indicating foot- or endnotes often have a suffix "n".

This I’d like to have in Context, too.

> Furthermore, when an indexed item is discussed on a number of consecutive pages, usually a range is given in the index, like 144-53, or 143 ff.

You want the “compress” switch in placeregister, or indicate
ranges with \{start,stop}register:

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\defineregister [demo] [demoes]
\starttext

\demo{Demoitem} foo
\page[yes]
\demo{Demoitem} foo
\page[yes]
%%% Here’s the range; should work without “compress”
\startregister[demo][demorange]{Demorange}
\demo{Demoitem} foo
\page[yes]
\demo{Otheritem} bar
\page[yes]
\demo{Otheritem} bar
\page[yes]
\stopregister[demo][demorange]%% <= you’ll need to explicitly terminate the ranges so they can overlap
\demo{Otheritem} bar
\page[yes]
\demo{Demoitem} foo
\page[yes]
\demo{Demoitem} foo

\page[yes]
%%%% Here’s the relevant bit:
\placeregister [demo] [compress=yes]

\stoptext
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Btw. have you read the small print: http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Registers#Tricks ?

Regards
Philipp


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