Re: \index + \definedescription

[Willi Egger <w.egger@boede.nl>]

Hi Pavel

At 06:27 09.10.2003, Pavel Stupin wrote:
>Hello,
>
>In my document, I have a description defined in this way:
>
>\definedescription[DictEntry][headstyle=bold,location=serried,width=broad]
>
>
>I use the DictEntry description like this:
>
>*****************************************************************
>
>\startDictEntry{Walters, Barbara (1931- )}
>a  US  television  journalist  known especially  for  her  series
>Barbara Walters  Special...
>\stopDictEntry
>
>\startDictEntry{Waterhouse, Keith (1929- )}
>an English  journalist and writer  of novels and  plays...
>\stopDictEntry
>
>\startDictEntry{West, Rebecca (1892-1983)}
>an  English   writer  and  journalist. She  wrote   many  novels...
>\stopDictEntry
>
>... etc.
>
>*****************************************************************
>
>
>What I  would like to do  is to automatically create  an \index{}
>for  every DictEntry  so  that  every entry  then  appear in  the
>register. Probably,  I   should  use  'between'   parameter  when
>defining  my DictEntry  description, but  I'm confused  with what
>should be  the proper  argument in  'between=\index{???}. I would
>appreciate any help.

Possibly the following approach can help:

Define a list  \definelist[name][options]
Write to this list at each entry of the description \writetolist[name]{text}
At the spot where the list should occur \placelist[name]

Programmers might  write a macro which could be used in the description 
definition together with e.g. [after=\TheMacro] which writes into the list.

Willi