Hi all, is it possible to make \index{…} more robust, so that one could set a space between command an followed word? \startTEXpage[offset=1ex] test test\vl \crlf test \index{test}test\vl \crlf % OK test \index{test} test\vl % not OK \stopTEXpage But more important, even if there isn’t a space, the \index-command spoils the output. \setuplayout[width=middle,backspace=40mm] \starttext \showframe[text][text] \dorecurse{100}{test } \blank \dorecurse{100}{\index{test}test } \stoptext I hope this can be fixed soon … Greeting Andreas
On 12/24/2010 11:48 AM, Andreas Harder wrote:
\startTEXpage[offset=1ex] test test\vl \crlf test \index{test}test\vl \crlf % OK test \index{test} test\vl % not OK \stopTEXpage
\ignorespaces could be possibly be added to \index in your case, but that does not solve this conceptual problem: what is actually being indexed in that second line? Not the word on the left (as that could be on a different page), neither the word on the right (as that could also be on a different page). So basically, you are indexing the spot between two spaces. Therefore it seems justified that ConTeXt conveniently keeps both spaces ... Best wishes, Taco
On Friday 24 December 2010 11:54:17 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
On 12/24/2010 11:48 AM, Andreas Harder wrote: \index{test}test
\ignorespaces could be possibly be added to \index in your case, but that does not solve this conceptual problem: what is actually being indexed in that second line? Not the word on the left (as that could be on a different page), neither the word on the right (as that could also be on a different page).
I have understood that the correct use of \index{} is immediately following the word to be indexed, as in: test\index{test} In the case of indexing a multiple-word item, one should probably place \index{} immediately following the first word, as in: merry\index{merry christmas} christmas! (so that the reference points to the page featuring "merry", even if "christmas" wraps the the following page). Alan
Am 24.12.2010 um 12:53 schrieb Alan BRASLAU:
On Friday 24 December 2010 11:54:17 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
On 12/24/2010 11:48 AM, Andreas Harder wrote: \index{test}test
\ignorespaces could be possibly be added to \index in your case, but that does not solve this conceptual problem: what is actually being indexed in that second line? Not the word on the left (as that could be on a different page), neither the word on the right (as that could also be on a different page).
I have understood that the correct use of \index{} is immediately following the word to be indexed, as in: test\index{test}
The wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Registers#Example) suggests it the other way round …? Andreas
On Friday 24 December 2010 12:57:26 Andreas Harder wrote:
Am 24.12.2010 um 12:53 schrieb Alan BRASLAU:
On Friday 24 December 2010 11:54:17 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
On 12/24/2010 11:48 AM, Andreas Harder wrote: \index{test}test
\ignorespaces could be possibly be added to \index in your case, but that does not solve this conceptual problem: what is actually being indexed in that second line? Not the word on the left (as that could be on a different page), neither the word on the right (as that could also be on a different page).
I have understood that the correct use of \index{}
is immediately following the word to be indexed, as in: test\index{test}
The wiki (http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Registers#Example) suggests it the other way round …?
I don't know about the wiki. Maybe it is correct, maybe not. I suppose that I should be able to figure this out looking at the source code. As Taco points out (see below): test \index{test} is no good, as the page can possibly be broken before the index entry; \index{test}test is no good either, as "test" may appear on the page following the index entry. I had always understood the correct usage to be: test\index{test} On Friday 24 December 2010 11:54:17 Taco Hoekwater wrote:
On 12/24/2010 11:48 AM, Andreas Harder wrote:
\startTEXpage[offset=1ex] test test\vl \crlf test \index{test}test\vl \crlf % OK test \index{test} test\vl % not OK \stopTEXpage
\ignorespaces could be possibly be added to \index in your case, but that does not solve this conceptual problem: what is actually being indexed in that second line? Not the word on the left (as that could be on a different page), neither the word on the right (as that could also be on a different page).
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