docbook-apps

hi,
I create a subject index for my docbook documents but I'm getting multiple
entries for primary/secondary terms when I should be getting a single
primary with multiple secondaries.

Just wondered if others have conquered a similar problem that I can learn
from.
Currently using Python and lxml to merge them, but it's kind of messy.

thanks,
--Tim
Here's pseudo-output of the situation:
------------
term
subterm1
term
subterm2
-----------------

when I want
-----------
term
subterm1
subterm2
--------------

Hi Tim,

you are sure that the primary subjects are really the same, if not I get
double primary terms, too. Maybe you could show an example"

Regards

Bernhard


Am 09.10.2018 um 15:39 schrieb Tim Arnold:
> hi,
> I create a subject index for my docbook documents but I'm getting
> multiple entries for primary/secondary terms when I should be getting
> a single primary with multiple secondaries.
>
> Just wondered if others have conquered a similar problem that I can
> learn from.
> Currently using Python and lxml to merge them, but it's kind of messy.
>
> thanks,
> --Tim
> Here's pseudo-output of the situation:
> ------------
> term
>    subterm1
> term 
>   subterm2
> -----------------
>
> when I want
> -----------
> term
>   subterm1
>   subterm2
> --------------
>
>

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Thanks Bernhard,
The code is a few hundred lines but your response made me realize the
problem is in my code.

The primaries are identical, but this is my own cadging of xslt which is
the issue.
For now I'll stick with Python since even if messy, I can understand it
better.
thanks,
--Tim


On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 9:45 AM Bernhard Kleine <bernhard.kleine@gmx.net>
wrote:

> Hi Tim,
>
> you are sure that the primary subjects are really the same, if not I get
> double primary terms, too. Maybe you could show an example"
>
> Regards
>
> Bernhard
>
>
> Am 09.10.2018 um 15:39 schrieb Tim Arnold:
> > hi,
> > I create a subject index for my docbook documents but I'm getting
> > multiple entries for primary/secondary terms when I should be getting
> > a single primary with multiple secondaries.
> >
> > Just wondered if others have conquered a similar problem that I can
> > learn from.
> > Currently using Python and lxml to merge them, but it's kind of messy.
> >
> > thanks,
> > --Tim
> > Here's pseudo-output of the situation:
> > ------------
> > term
> > subterm1
> > term
> > subterm2
> > -----------------
> >
> > when I want
> > -----------
> > term
> > subterm1
> > subterm2
> > --------------
> >
> >
>
> --
> spitzhalde9
> D-79853 lenzkirch
> bernhard.kleine@gmx.net
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>
>
>

I never had problems usind
<indexterm><primary>someterm</primary><secondary>otherterm</secondary></indexterm>.
It works in docbook out of the box. Nothing to adjust with xsl. The only
thing control is that the terms are really identical: some formatting
like <emphasis>, <foreignphrase>, use of abbreviated terms make indexing
very time consuming. For my book of ~700 pages it took more than a month
till everything was correct.

Bernhard


Am 09.10.2018 um 18:18 schrieb Tim Arnold:
> Thanks Bernhard, 
> The code is a few hundred lines but your response made me realize the
> problem is in my code.
>
> The primaries are identical, but this is my own cadging of xslt which
> is the issue.
> For now I'll stick  with Python since even if messy, I can understand
> it better.
> thanks,
> --Tim
>
>
> On Tue, Oct 9, 2018 at 9:45 AM Bernhard Kleine
> <bernhard.kleine@gmx.net <mailto:bernhard.kleine@gmx.net>> wrote:
>
> Hi Tim,
>
> you are sure that the primary subjects are really the same, if not
> I get
> double primary terms, too. Maybe you could show an example"
>
> Regards
>
> Bernhard
>
>
> Am 09.10.2018 um 15:39 schrieb Tim Arnold:
> > hi,
> > I create a subject index for my docbook documents but I'm getting
> > multiple entries for primary/secondary terms when I should be
> getting
> > a single primary with multiple secondaries.
> >
> > Just wondered if others have conquered a similar problem that I can
> > learn from.
> > Currently using Python and lxml to merge them, but it's kind of
> messy.
> >
> > thanks,
> > --Tim
> > Here's pseudo-output of the situation:
> > ------------
> > term
> >    subterm1
> > term 
> >   subterm2
> > -----------------
> >
> > when I want
> > -----------
> > term
> >   subterm1
> >   subterm2
> > --------------
> >
> >
>
> --
> spitzhalde9
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> bernhard.kleine@gmx.net <mailto:bernhard.kleine@gmx.net>
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