where to place \index

where to place \index

[Oliver Buerschaper]

Hi there,

Reading the wiki I saw that

\index{keyword}keyword

should be used rather than

keyword\index{keyword}.

How should I proceed for names? For example

\defineregister[person][people]

Albert \person{Einstein, Albert}Einstein

vs.

\index{Einstein, Albert}Albert Einstein

What happens in either case?

Oliver




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Re: where to place \index

[Hans Hagen]

Oliver Buerschaper wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> Reading the wiki I saw that
> 
> \index{keyword}keyword
> 
> should be used rather than
> 
> keyword\index{keyword}.
> 
> How should I proceed for names? For example
> 
> \defineregister[person][people]
> 
> Albert \person{Einstein, Albert}Einstein
> 
> vs.
> 
> \index{Einstein, Albert}Albert Einstein
> 
> What happens in either case?

it depends on where you want the index to point to ... normally to the 
beginning of the entry, just think of


\index{Einstein, Albert}Albert Ein-<pagebreak>stein


Albert Ein-<pagebreak>stein\index{Einstein, Albert}

in the second case the index points to 'stein' and if no Einstein is on 
that page the user might wonder where the index entry pointed to

Ok, one could end up on Albert but as the user expects "Albert Einstein" 
  that's ok

Albert~Einstein\index{Einstein, Albert}

might be an alternative

Hans


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Re: where to place \index

[Oliver Buerschaper]

> it depends on where you want the index to point to ... normally to  
> the beginning of the entry, just think of
>
>
> \index{Einstein, Albert}Albert Ein-<pagebreak>stein
>
>
> Albert Ein-<pagebreak>stein\index{Einstein, Albert}
>
> in the second case the index points to 'stein' and if no Einstein is  
> on that page the user might wonder where the index entry pointed to
>
> Ok, one could end up on Albert but as the user expects "Albert  
> Einstein"  that's ok
>
> Albert~Einstein\index{Einstein, Albert}
>
> might be an alternative

I see. That's exactly what I wanted to know. Many thanks!

Oliver
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