thank you! that was exactly what I needed! -- Regards, Tomek Kaczanowski
On Mar 8, 12:34 am, Lex Trotman <[email protected]> wrote: > On 8 March 2012 10:01, Tomek Kaczanowski <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hello Lex, > > >> Tomek, > > >> When you ask questions here please always specify the version of > >> asciidoc and the backends and toolchains you are using. > > Ups, sorry! > > > In this case only asciidoc version matters. I use 8.6.5. > > >> Styling of the docbook indexes is dependent on the toolchain you use. > >> See > >> FAQhttp://www.methods.co.nz/asciidoc/faq.html#_sources_of_information_on... > >> for information on toolchain configuration. > > The thing I'm talking happens when asciidoc.py or a2x generates > > docbook file. Then, for every "indexterm:[first,second]" the following > > XML snippet is generated: > > <indexterm><primary>first></primary><secondary>second<second></ > > indexterm> > > <indexterm><primary>second</primary><indexterm> > > > which is as the asciidoc documentation states: > > "Index terms that have secondary and tertiary entries also generate > > separate index terms for the secondary and tertiary entries." > > > The idea that a separate index term should be generated for secondary > > and tertiary entries is weird. I wish it was configurable, so I could > > tell asciidoc NOT to do it. > > Hi Tomek, > > Weird is in the eye of the beholder :) > > You can configure it, like my answer to your other query, a custom > docbook45.conf will allow you to customise the [indexterm-inlinemacro] > section so it does not generate separate entries for secondary and > tertiary. > > This will be more reliable than sed since it will be immune to any > changes that future asciidoc releases might make to the output > generated by that section. > > Cheers > Lex > > > > > > > > > Right now I have some scripts (using sed) which remove the unwanted > > indexterms, but that is a hack I would rather not use. > > > -- > > Regards, > > Tomek Kaczanowski > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "asciidoc" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "asciidoc" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/asciidoc?hl=en.
