On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 3:42 PM, David <dwarnol...@suddenlink.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Not sure about indexing. In Latex, I'm used to inserting and index
> reference in the body of a paragraph next to the word I am indexing
> (maybe I should not have been doing it that way over the years), but
> with Sphinx it seems that philosophy is to insert the index in front
> of the paragraph containing the word you want to appear in the index.
> For example,
>
>
> .. index:: good men
>
> Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their
> countrymen. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of
> their countrymen. Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid
> of their countrymen. Now is the time for all good men to come to the
> aid of their countrymen. Now is the time for all good men to come to
> the aid of their countrymen. Now is the time for all good men to come
> to the aid of their countrymen. Now is the time for all good men to
> come to the aid of their countrymen. Now is the time for all good men
> to come to the aid of their countrymen.
>
> Do I have this idea right?
>
> David
>
>
For the moment I think this is the right way to do it, but I recall seeing a

ticket for adding an index role (as opposed to a directive), which I presume
(guessing) would allow you to do something like:

    This :index:`term` is in the index.

I don't think this has been implemented yet, though.

Kevin Horn

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