Re: [docbook-apps] no ranges for zoned indexterms?

[David Bridgeland <bridgeland@yahoo.com>]

Or perhaps this is another case of the FO page numbering shortcomings 
Bob Stayton describes in
http://www.sagehill.net/docbookxsl/IndexOutput.html ?

Dave

David Bridgeland wrote:

> When I define a ranged indexterm using startofrange and endofrange, 
> like this
>
>    <indexterm id="inputmasks2.i" class="startofrange">
>        <primary>editboxes</primary>
>        <secondary>input mask</secondary>
>    </indexterm>
>    ...
>    <indexterm startref="inputmasks2.i" class="endofrange"/>
>
> I get a range of page numbers in my resulting PDF index, like this:
>
>    editboxes
>      input mask, 111-115
>
> but if I use a zoned indexterm, like this:
>
>    <indexterm zone="editboxesetc.editbox>
>        <primary>editboxes</primary>
>        <secondary>input mask</secondary>
>    </indexterm>
>
> the resulting index has no range. It includes only the first page of 
> the referenced
> entity, like this:
>
>    editboxes
>      input mask, 111
>
> Isn't it supposed to give me a range? Is this a bug in the FO 
> stylesheets? Or perhaps am I doing
> something stupid? (The entity does in fact span over the four pages. 
> And a  quick look at the
> generated FO leads me to believe that the problem is not in the 
> subsequent processing of FO to
> PDF.)
>
> Dave Bridgeland
>
>