For example, the DocBook XSLT stylesheets (http://docbook.sourceforge.net/) solve it this way:

Symbols (anything unsortable, including numbers)
A
B
...
Z


---
I'd suggest a bit better way:

Symbols
1
2
...
9
A
B
...
Z


-Richard



From: Hans Hagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: mailing list for ConTeXt users [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thu, 29 Jun 2006 14:33:41 +0200
Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Index sorting again

Richard Gabriel wrote:
> Hello Hans,
>
> I'd like to remind the 2 persisting problems with the index sorting.
>
> 1. Numbers are sorted under A
> 2. Symbols are sorted under the first letter which follows.
>
> See the attached test file.
> Both these issues are independent on language and on the expansion type.
>
> Proposed solution:
>
> 1. Sort numbers into separate divisions
> 2. Sort symbols to a special division called "Symbols"
>
> Could you please look into it?
> May I help you any further (except the attached test file)?
the question is ... where do they need to end up

Hans



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