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Hi all, Hans, On Feb 11, 2010, at 6:17 PM, Hans Hagen wrote:
1. index sorts uppercase letters after lowercase letters. Minimal example:
\starttext
\index{Aardvark}Aardvark
\index{azygous}azygous
\page
\setupregister[index][n=1] \placeregister[index]
\stoptext
I would expect azygous to follow Aardvark, but it is sorted before.
are you sure that that's the convention for english? it's easy to change it ...
\startluacode sorters.mappings['en'] = { ["a"] = 2, ["b"] = 4, ["c"] = 6, ["d"] = 8, ["e"] = 10, ["f"] = 12, ["g"] = 14, ["h"] = 16, ["i"] = 18, ["j"] = 20, ["k"] = 22, ["l"] = 24, ["m"] = 26, ["n"] = 28, ["o"] = 30, ["p"] = 32, ["q"] = 34, ["r"] = 36, ["s"] = 38, ["t"] = 40, ["u"] = 42, ["v"] = 44, ["w"] = 46, ["x"] = 48, ["y"] = 50, ["z"] = 52, ["A"] = 1, ["B"] = 3, ["C"] = 5, ["D"] = 7, ["E"] = 9, ["F"] = 11, ["G"] = 13, ["H"] = 15, ["I"] = 17, ["J"] = 19, ["K"] = 21, ["L"] = 23, ["M"] = 25, ["N"] = 27, ["O"] = 29, ["P"] = 31, ["Q"] = 33, ["R"] = 35, ["S"] = 37, ["T"] = 39, ["U"] = 41, ["V"] = 43, ["W"] = 45, ["X"] = 47, ["Y"] = 49, ["Z"] = 51, } \stopluacode
\starttext \index{Aardvark}Aardvark \par \index{azygous}azygous \placeregister[index][n=1] \stoptext
we had this pretty old thread about sorting in indexes. AFAICS, the latest beta defaults to cases-sensitive sorting. Two quick questions: 1. Is there a setup command that will make index sorting case-insensitive? The code above doesn't work anymore, so maybe you made it user-configurable now? 2. Is it really a good idea to make case-sensitive sorting the default in English? I can't remember seeing a single academic book in English that has this sort of index sorting. All best Thomas