From: Hans Hagen via ntg-context <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Cc: Hans Hagen <j.hagen@xs4all.nl>
Subject: Re: Is there a syntax for making many index entry's all in one?
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 23:35:14 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <d8562c1c-c3a2-6a92-995a-5845dd2c1166@xs4all.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <551273955.1195284.1640729397551@mail.yahoo.com>
On 12/28/2021 11:09 PM, Joel via ntg-context wrote:
> I am using \index{} to populate \placeindex (an index) with items.
>
> I am wondering if there is any syntax that allows one \index{} command
> to define more than one entry, for example, something like this:
>
> \index{presidents+Lincoln, Abraham; Lincoln, Abraham}
>
> The result is two appearances in the index:
>
> L
> Lincoln, Abraham
>
> P
> presidents
> Lincoln, Abraham
>
> Is there some syntax for making this possible, without calling \index{}
> multiple times?
splitting on + is already tricky (i just send Alan a patch that deals
with a mix of text and math that has + in it)
it is no big deal top write this but just using a ; would for sure
issues with existing indices
anyway, apart from maybe some typing it is not more efficient to combine
Hans
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