From: Rik Kabel <context@rik.users.panix.com>
To: ntg-context@ntg.nl
Subject: Re: understanding index sorting
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2017 16:51:34 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <285c2ac7-6a90-7d7b-2441-579a4dbaa85b@rik.users.panix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f483736f-1c94-7acf-efde-48ceb9777376@gmx.es>
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On 2017-04-01 16:07, Pablo Rodriguez wrote:
> Hans,
>
> I have just discovered the following:
>
> \define[1]\indx{#1\index{#1}}
> \starttext
> \indx{an} \indx{american} \indx{Aphrodite}
> \placeindex
> \stoptext
>
> Lowercase letters are placed after its uppercase counterparts.
>
> I don’t have (almost) any experience with indices in ConTeXt, but which
> is the way to turn this off?
>
> Sorry, but I don’t see a reason to have this as default. I mean, I have
> never seen any encyclopedia or dictionary that sorts entries according
> to letter case.
>
I believe you want method=default for your \setupregister[index][]
options. The allowable values appear to be default, first, last, before,
and after. With nothing specified you do not get the same as specifying
default. I asked about these a while back but got no answer. There is a
cryptic explanation from 2010 at
http://www.mail-archive.com/ntg-context%40ntg.nl/msg50454.html.
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Rik
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