Re: Urgent index problem

[Duncan Hothersall <dh@capdm.com>]

I wrote:

> --
> \starttext
> \startregister[index]{this term+in+particular} This term is discussed 
> from the start of this page.\page[yes]
> Some more text about the term, and another page.\page[yes]
> And the end of the info about that term. \stopregister[index]{this 
> term+in+particular}\page[yes]
> A page unrelated to that term.\page[yes]
> \index{this term+in+particular} And then another page on exactly the 
> same term.\page[yes]
> \placeindex\page[yes]
> Disaster! The entry on page 5 has been eaten!
> \stoptext
> --

I realise that there is a workaround for the sample above, using the 
literal ASCII string in [] which makes this specific example work. 
Unfortunately this doesn't make everything work correctly in a larger 
document. I'm now seeing two other specific behaviours as well:

1. When there is a range and a single entry, the range is sometimes 
listed first in the index, even if the single entry is many pages before 
it - i.e. 282-283, 170

2. On other occasions where a range and a single entry exist, I end up 
having a strange three-way range in the index - like 282-283-349. The 
last reference should be just a single one on its own.

It's really difficult to post a minimal file for these because they only 
occur when the whole text is processed (several hundred pages). I have 
just synchronised my tree this morning and no difference is made.

Any help, especially today, VERY gratefully received.

Duncan