Re: Indexing macros

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 01:33 PM 12/3/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>useful. For example attributes attached to the page reference # can be
>passed through the system. An entry, subentry etc. can be sorted out

you can use attributes:

Copied from the manual source:

Most of the time the layout of a register is rather simple.
Some manuals may need some form of differentiating between
entries. The definition of several registers may be a
solution. However the layout can contribute to a better use
of the register:

\starttyping
\index           {entry}
\index[key]      {entry}
\index[form::]   {entry}
\index[form::key]{entry}
\index           {form::entry}
\index[key]      {form::entry}
\index[form::]   {form::entry}
\index[form::key]{form::entry}
\stoptyping

The first two alternatives are known, but the rest is new and
offers some control over the way the entry itself is
typeset. The specification between
\setchars\ relates to the pagenumber, the specification
in front of the entry relates to the entry itself.

\starttyping
\setupregister[index][form][pagestyle=bold,textstyle=slanted]
\stoptyping

Without any problems we can use different appearances
for pagenumber and entry.

\starttyping
\setupregister[index][nb][pagestyle=bold]
\setupregister[index][hm][pagestyle=slanted]
\stoptyping

With for example:

\starttyping
\index[nb::]{squareroot}
\index[hm::root]{$\srqt{2}$}
\stoptyping

Hans
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