Re: Sort register (index) by Bible book

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

berend@pobox.com wrote:
>>>>>> "Taco" == Taco Hoekwater <taco@elvenkind.com> writes:
> 
>     Taco> You could pre-assign a zero-padded number to each book
>     Taco> (Genesis=001, Exodus=002), and use that number inside the
>     Taco> square brackets.
> 
> Right, but that would be extremely annoying to type in all the time
> :-)
> 
> I'm looking for a more automated solution, but given that even you
> don't know one, it seems I have to write some sorting mechanism
> myself.
> 
> Or perhaps use the trick above as the input is XML, and the verses are
> clearly marked, so I could generate ConTeXt with the proper sort
> codes.
> 
> Who does the index sorting, is that texexec?

in mkii yes, and in mkiv it's done in lua

if you go for xml, an duse mkiv, then you can write your own sorting 
code as you can access the tree

Hans

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