Sort register (index) by Bible book

Sort register (index) by Bible book

[berend]

Hi All,

I'm typesetting a book that has a register of Bible verses. I like to
order them by Bible book as per the order the books are customarily
listed.

The index is created like \index{1 Samuel 1:1} and retrieved with
\placeindex, so that's all standard.

Are there any tools to sort this index? How can I make this part of
the regular "build"? Or is this something you do once, at the end, by
hand?

-- 
Thanks for any pointers,

Berend de Boer
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Re: Sort register (index) by Bible book

[Taco Hoekwater]

berend@pobox.com wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I'm typesetting a book that has a register of Bible verses. I like to
> order them by Bible book as per the order the books are customarily
> listed.
> 
> The index is created like \index{1 Samuel 1:1} and retrieved with
> \placeindex, so that's all standard.

Using

  \index[Samuel 1 1:1]{1 Samuel 1:1}

Should change the sort order. Untested, though.

Best wishes,
Taco
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Re: Sort register (index) by Bible book

[Jelle Huisman]

On 17/11/2009 07:48, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> Using
>    \index[Samuel 1 1:1]{1 Samuel 1:1}
>
> Should change the sort order. Untested, though.
>    

He probably wants to get Genesis before Exodus (etc.) instead. So would 
it be possible to tell the index mechanism to sort certain items in an 
arbitrary order?  (I don't know what \sort and \loadsorts do?)

Jelle
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Re: Sort register (index) by Bible book

[Taco Hoekwater]

Jelle Huisman wrote:
> On 17/11/2009 07:48, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
>> Using
>>    \index[Samuel 1 1:1]{1 Samuel 1:1}
>>
>> Should change the sort order. Untested, though.
>>    
> 
> He probably wants to get Genesis before Exodus (etc.) instead. So would
> it be possible to tell the index mechanism to sort certain items in an
> arbitrary order?  (I don't know what \sort and \loadsorts do?)

You could pre-assign a zero-padded number to each book (Genesis=001,
Exodus=002), and use that number inside the square brackets.

Best wishes,
Taco
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Re: Sort register (index) by Bible book

[berend]

>>>>> "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?

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Cheers,

Berend de Boer
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Re: Sort register (index) by Bible book

[Hans Hagen]

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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Re: Sort register (index) by Bible book

[Taco Hoekwater]

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
> :-)

\def\Genesis#1{\index[001 #1]{Genesis #1}} etc.

Takes only 66 macros and it even saves you typing :)


> 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?
> 

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