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I just tried to use the type facility with indexes for the first time, and I got a strange result.

I have indexterms with type="author" and indexterms with no type attribute. E.g.,

<indexterm type="author"><primary>Shakespeare, William</primary></indexterm>

I inserted two index tags, one with type="author" and one without. The one with author has a title. E.g.,

<index type="author"></index>
<index/>

I get two indexes, but they are identical except for the title. That is, all of the terms, regardless of type, are in both indexes. I expected to get one complete index and one index with only the terms that have type="author".

Has anyone else run into this? Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug in the stylesheets (I'm using 1.78.1).

Best regards,
Dick Hamilton
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XML Press
XML for Technical Communicators
http://xmlpress.net
hamilton@xmlpress.net

Richard,
Do you have "index.on.type" set to 1? Also, the terms appearing in the
specialized index will also appear in the general index - it's just a
subset.
Dave
On 05-11-13 12:40 PM, Richard Hamilton wrote:
> I just tried to use the type facility with indexes for the first time, and I got a strange result.
>
> I have indexterms with type="author" and indexterms with no type attribute. E.g.,
>
> <indexterm type="author"><primary>Shakespeare, William</primary></indexterm>
>
> I inserted two index tags, one with type="author" and one without. The one with author has a title. E.g.,
>
> <index type="author"></index>
> <index/>
>
> I get two indexes, but they are identical except for the title. That is, all of the terms, regardless of type, are in both indexes. I expected to get one complete index and one index with only the terms that have type="author".
>
> Has anyone else run into this? Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug in the stylesheets (I'm using 1.78.1).
>
> Best regards,
> Dick Hamilton
> -------
> XML Press
> XML for Technical Communicators
> http://xmlpress.net
> hamilton@xmlpress.net
>
>
>
>
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*Dave Gardiner*

Hi Dave,

Thanks, that did it. I should have noticed that option when I was looking at Bob's book; it's right there at the top of that section:-).

And, yes, I know that the specialized terms appear in the general index, and that's fine.

Best regards,
Richard
-------
XML Press
XML for Technical Communicators
http://xmlpress.net
hamilton@xmlpress.net



On Nov 4, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Dave Gardiner wrote:

> Richard,
> Do you have "index.on.type" set to 1? Also, the terms appearing in the specialized index will also appear in the general index - it's just a subset.
> Dave
> On 05-11-13 12:40 PM, Richard Hamilton wrote:
>> I just tried to use the type facility with indexes for the first time, and I got a strange result.
>>
>> I have indexterms with type="author" and indexterms with no type attribute. E.g.,
>>
>> <indexterm type="author"><primary>Shakespeare, William</primary></indexterm>
>>
>> I inserted two index tags, one with type="author" and one without. The one with author has a title. E.g.,
>>
>> <index type="author"></index>
>> <index/>
>>
>> I get two indexes, but they are identical except for the title. That is, all of the terms, regardless of type, are in both indexes. I expected to get one complete index and one index with only the terms that have type="author".
>>
>> Has anyone else run into this? Am I doing something wrong, or is this a bug in the stylesheets (I'm using 1.78.1).
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Dick Hamilton
>> -------
>> XML Press
>> XML for Technical Communicators
>>
>> http://xmlpress.net
>> hamilton@xmlpress.net
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> To unsubscribe, e-mail:
>> docbook-apps-unsubscribe@lists.oasis-open.org
>>
>> For additional commands, e-mail:
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>>
>>
>
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> Dave Gardiner
>