Indexes

The following macros may be used in the main text for inserting entries into the index.

<index|primary>

Insert primary as a primary entry in the index.

<subindex|primary|secondary>

Insert secondary in the index as a subentry of primary.

<subsubindex|primary|secondary|ternary>

Similar to subindex but for subsubentries ternary.

<index-complex|key|how|range|entry>

Insert complex entries into the index. This feature is documented in detail in the section about index generation.

<index-line|key|entry>

Adds entry to the index, by sorting it according to key.

The following macros may be redefined if you want to customize the rendering of the index:

<index-1|entry|where>

<index-2|entry|where>

<index-3|entry|where>

<index-4|entry|where>

<index-5|entry|where>

Macro for rendering an entry in the index on page(s) where. The macro index-1 corresponds to principal entries, the macro index-2 to secondary entries, and so on.

<index-1*|entry>

<index-2*|entry>

<index-3*|entry>

<index-4*|entry>

<index-5*|entry>

Similar to index-1 until index-5, but without the page number(s).

<index-dots>

Macro for producing the dots between an index entry and the corresponding page number(s).

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