I have been looking at the use of registers is ConTeXt and, more
specifically, how to achieve the layout that I would like for the
indexing of my cookbook.
The layout that I would like the register to have is:
Beef Bread
Beef Bourginion ..... 1 Basic Bread ......... 3
Beef Estoufade ...... 2 Other bread ......... 99
Beef Broth .......... 7
Cheese
Chicken Swiss ............... 12
foo ................. 77 French .............. 15
Obviously this is a rough rendering of the concept, but the basic
principal is, I hope, clear.
I would like each entry to have the name typeset left aligned, the page
number right aligned to a fixed width and a row of dots filling between
the two.
I would be quite happy with a way to pass the information (page number,
name) to a command and do the rendering myself but, unlike the various
lists[1], this does not seem to be possible.
I am not desperately wedded to the concept of dots but the left/right
alignment /is/ quite important to me -- I find it vastly harder to use
an index in a book where the numbers are not aligned in a column.
Thanks,
Daniel
NB: A while back someone was collecting questions and answers for a FAQ
about ConTeXt. I am quite happy to help by contributing the things I
have asked to this project, not to mention making them understandable.
Just let me know if you want to have the details. I keep a complete
archive so the history isn't much of a problem...
Footnotes:
[1] Such as used for the table of contents.
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