[NTG-context] Re: chronological TOC

[Henning Hraban Ramm <texml@fiee.net>]

Am 26.01.24 um 23:46 schrieb jbf:
> I wonder if someone can point me in the right direction for a separate 
> TOC which needs to be in chronological order at the back of the book 
> (i.e. not in page number order, although I need the page numbers to show 
> up in the TOC. There is the normal TOC at the front of the book, 
> according to chapter titles.
> 
> I have succeeded in defining a separate TOC to place at the back, but 
> have not succeeded in the chronological order! Here is what I have done:
> 
> \definelist[chron][criterium=all,alternative=c]
> 
> At the back of the book:
> 
> \placelist[chron][criterium=all]
> 
> Then at an appropriate point after each \startchapter I have placed (as 
> an example):
> 
> \writetolist[chron]{}{{\bf 29 April 2017,} Speech, Panama City}
> 
> This gives me my list, but in page number order. How do I get the date 
> (e.g. 29 April 2017) to be the ordering factor in the list. I assume it 
> will be something to do with criterium, but am clueless at the moment on 
> how to indicate this.

I don’t know if it works this way (the wizards will know a way), but for 
special needs I’m (ab)using indexes:
just add something like \index[2017-04-29]{Speech, Panama City} to your 
chapter command and setup the index at will.

Hraban

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