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has caused the report #756386,
regarding dblatex: Wrong indexterm sorting order for Norwegian Bokmål (nb)
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Petter Reinholdtsen <[email protected]> wrote:
> [Andreas Hoenen]
> > Hi Petter,
>
> Hi. :)
>
> > This looks like a TeX problem to me: when handled with the default pdftex
> > backend, the indexterm sorting order is wrong, however when switching to
> > the xetex backend, it's correct. XeTeX just seems to be better suited
> > for many non english languages than traditional LaTeX.
>
> Could be. But should not '<book lang="nb">' tell dblatex to do the
> right thing for Norwegian Bokmål? :)
One could think about making the default backend language dependent.
@Benoît: putting you into the loop: what do you think about this idea?
>
> > Thus you should give the xetex backend a try.
>
> I did, using 'dblatex -b xetex sort-order-test.xml', and the new
> index end up with this ordering instead:
>
> Alle inne
> Bare tull
> Åndalsnes
> Ærlig talt
> Øvrigheten
>
> The 'Symbols' header is gone, as there is no symbols/letter headers in
> this version. Still wrong ordering, though, but different. It should
> be
>
> Alle inne
> Bare tull
> Ærlig talt
> Øvrigheten
> Åndalsnes
Hm, this would be a XeTeX problem, dblatex just emits a \printindex
command.
Regards, Andreas
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