Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.

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Tony Graham <>
Date
2008-03-12T12:54:04+00:00
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Re: [docbook-apps] Re: Request For Clarification: Indexterm processing in auto-index generation.
On Wed, Mar 12 2008 12:18:29 +0000,  wrote:
...
> Likewise, using pseudo-page numbers:
>
>   F
>
>     Foo, _1_, _2_
>
> is misleading because readers have been conditioned to think of those as
> page numbers. A "1" under Foo should be the same place as a "1" under
> Bar which simply won't be the case.

FWIW, I think that scheme works okay in the CSS2 index at
http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/REC-CSS2/indexlist.html

Regards,


Tony Graham.
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