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
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