[publican-list] PDF Indices

[Jeff Fearn]

On 01/26/2012 02:49 AM, Norman Dunbar wrote:
> Does anyone use indices in their pdf documents? Do you use page ranges
> for any entries?
>
> I'm using these just now in a fairly large document I'm creating and
> I've noticed that setting up an index page range, as follows, gives
> strange results.
>
> Example:
>
> At the beginning on a page range, add the following indexterm:
>
> <indexterm class="startofrange" id="StartOfPTR">
> <primary>Whatever</primary></indexterm>
>
> At the end of the range, put this indexterm:
>
> <indexterm class="endofrange" startref="StartOfPTR">
> <primary>Whatever</primary></indexterm>
>
> When the index is generated, you get something like
>
> Whatever 10-22, 22
>
> The page number for the end of range is added in as a separate single page.
>
> If no-one has seen this, I'll log it as a problem.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
> Cheers,
> Norm.
>

Hi Norm, I'm unaware of anyone using this functionality, so it's 
probably never been vetted. Please open a bug and include how you think 
it should work.

Cheers, Jeff.

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