On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 1:46 AM, Jürgen Spitzmüller <[email protected]> wrote:
> stefano franchi wrote:
> > Latex 2: This is line of text with a word in small caps:
> > \noun{small-caps-word}\index{small-caps-w...@\noun{small-caps-word}}
> > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > whereas I would expect:
> >
> >
> > Latex 3: This is line of text with a word in small caps:
> > \noun{small-caps-word}\index{\noun{small-caps-word}}
> >
> >
> >
> > Why is the underlined part there? I mean the --> small-caps-word@ . Is
> it
> > needed? Is it a bug? I have a feeling that it is messing up my index,
> even
> > though I do not get any warning (let alone errors).
>
> It is needed to get your index entry sorted properly. If it would only be
> \index{\noun{small-caps-word}}, your entry would be sorted at "\" (and then
> "n"). The part before the "@" is a hint to the index processor where to
> sort
> the entry.
>
>
Thanks Jurgen, that makes sense. U nfortunately, it also means I have tio
look elsewhere to debug my index sorting issues...
Cheers,
Stefano
> HTH,
> Jürgen
>
