Hi Taco, thank you for this interesting insight!

Now, I’m still stuck with my main concern, "inlining" the entries.
And I need a way to get entries like "Cover" into the list, since \writetoregister doesn’t seem to be defined in MkIV.

Best, Hraban

Am 2015-09-30 um 15:34 schrieb Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>:

> Hi Hraban,
> 
> Here is what I can do at short notice. After this, I would probably just cut&paste
> the final result back in after some tweaking. In any case, I am out of time right now.
> 
> Good luck,
> Taco
> 
> 
> \newif\iffirstFIDXpage
> 
> \def\textcommand#1{#1\global\firstFIDXpagetrue}
> \def\pagecommand#1{\iffirstFIDXpage (p.~\fi \global\firstFIDXpagefalse #1}
> \def\stopregisterpages{)\dostoptagged\endgroup}
> 
> \defineregister[fidx]
> \setupregister[fidx][%
> 	n=1, align=no,
> 	%alternative=B,
> 	compress=yes,
> 	indicator=no,
> 	textcommand=\textcommand,
> 	pagecommand=\pagecommand,
> 	distance=0.5em,
> 	before={},
> 	after={},
> 	prefix=none]
> 
> 
> 
>> On 30 Sep 2015, at 09:51, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi Taco,
>> sorry, I should have provided a minimal example.
>> Thanks in advance!
>> 
>> Am 2015-09-29 um 12:30 schrieb Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com>:
>> 
>>> Hi Hraban,
>>> 
>>> I would be happy to help with this (i've done some registers in the past myself), but I will need a test file to play with...
>>> 
>>> Best wishes,
>>> Taco
>>> 
>>>> On 28 Sep 2015, at 06:28, Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> PING! I would really appreciate an answer.
>>>> 
>>>>> Am 2015-09-22 um 17:39 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Am 2015-09-22 um 10:49 schrieb Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Hi wizards,
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> in my current book projects I need a list of figure references, ordered by author and page number.
>>>>>> Like this:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Photos: Hans Hagen (p.1,4,6,7), Taco Hoekwater (p.2,12–20), Hraban Ramm (p.3ff.)
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> How can I do that? I.e.
>>>>>> - How can I assign an author name/reference to a figure?
>>>>>> – How can I output that list?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> About like this?:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> \placefigure[top][someref]{\externalfigure[somepic]}\reference[someref]{Hraban Ramm}
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> \ref[t][someref] (\at{p.}[someref]) % put this in some command that is called by \listoffigures ?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> Extension: I need to integrate some unnumbered pages into the list, like the cover.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Ok, I can use registers for that:
>>>>> 
>>>>> \defineregister[fidx]
>>>>> \setupregister[fidx][%
>>>>> n=1,
>>>>> compress=yes,
>>>>> indicator=no,
>>>>> distance=0.5em,
>>>>> before={},
>>>>> after={,},
>>>>> prefix=none,
>>>>> ]
>>>>> \setupheadtext[fidx=Figures]
>>>>> 
>>>>> I can influence the order like \fidx[spinoza]{Baruch Spinoza}, great.
>>>>> 
>>>>> That gets me as far as:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hraban 2–3, 5, 7, 9–10, 12, 14, 16–17, 19, 21, 23–24, 26, 28, 30–31, 33, 35
>>>>> Picasso 1–2, 4–5, 8–9, 11–12, 15–16, 18–19, 22–23, 25–26, 29–30, 32–33
>>>>> 
>>>>> But I’d like to have
>>>>> 
>>>>> Hraban (p.2–3, 5, 7, 9–10, 12, 14, 16–17, 19, 21, 23–24, 26, 28, 30–31, 33, 35), Picasso (p.1–2, 4–5, 8–9, 11–12, 15–16, 18–19, 22–23, 25–26, 29–30, 32–33)
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> For inserting a page name like "Cover" I tried
>>>>> \writetoregister[fidx][Picasso]{Cover}
>>>>> 
>>>>> But \writetoregister is undefined!? (As well as \writetofidx)
>>>>> 
>>>>> What else can I use?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Greetlings, Hraban
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