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Subject: Re: DOCBOOK: indexterms
> From: Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com> > > / Jorge Godoy <godoy@conectiva.com> was heard to say: > | Why not > | > | <indexterm> > | <primary>L</primary> > | <secondary>Language</secondary> > | <tertiary>French</tertiary> > | <tertiary>German</tertiary> > | </secondary> > | </primary> > | </indexterm> > > Because you can only have one tertiary. > > <indexterm> > <primary>L</primary> > <secondary>Language</secondary> > <tertiary>French</tertiary> > </secondary> > </primary> > </indexterm> > <indexterm> > <primary>L</primary> > <secondary>Language</secondary> > <tertiary>German</tertiary> > </secondary> > </primary> > </indexterm> > > Would work, if you want the language to be tertiary. First of all, this won't work because you have two closing tags for each <primary> and <secondary> opening tag. But you knew that. ;^) And this answer is going to mislead latecomers to this discussion into thinking that you code <indexterm>s with the index letter as the primary element, which is not correct. The index generating machinery will normally generate the letter headings like "L". The original request was for an index that looks like this: L Language French German Brazilian Swahili He was just trying to force multiple secondary elements into a single indexterm element, which isn't supported by the DTD, although it could be a feature request. So to answer the original question, you must have a separate <indexterm> element for each entry, repeating the <primary>Language</primary> element: <indexterm> <primary>Language</primary> <secondary>French</secondary> </indexterm> <indexterm> <primary>Language</primary> <secondary>German</secondary> </indexterm> ... bobs Bob Stayton 400 Encinal Street Publications Architect Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Technical Publications voice: (831) 427-7796 The Santa Cruz Operation, Inc. fax: (831) 429-1887 email: bobs@sco.com
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