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Hi,

John Culleton wrote:
> Most indexing programs, including Makeindex, Xindy, Cindex etc. will
> automatically collapse successive page numbers into a page range.
Before Hans starts implementing this, I want to note that instead
of   45-46 frequently a 45f is used (or '45 f.' or '45 f'). Instead of
45-47 or 45-54 some use also 45 ff.

Tobias
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