Dictionary Headers Issue in Index

[Art Campbell]

You're welcome, Joe.

(The fine print is in the user guide -- look in the index for
dictionary heads.) ;- )

Art

On 1/30/06, Joe Malin <jmalin at tuvox.com> wrote:
> I figured as much. I wasn't able to find that fine print anywhere; maybe
> my eyesight is failing! :)
>
> I'll live with it. I prefer to base my files, including the generated
> ones, on standard templates. If somebody really complains, I can
> customize the index.
>
> Thanks for the quick response, Art.
>
> Joe
>
>
> Joe Malin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Art Campbell [mailto:art.campbell at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 30, 2006 10:53 AM
> To: Joe Malin
> Cc: Framers List
> Subject: Re: Dictionary Headers Issue in Index
>
> I imagine that when you set up the headers, you set up all your master
> pages, or at least the left AND right, to use the dictionary headers.
> I think if you read the fine print on this setup, you'll see that the
> variables in the headers map to the last entry on the page. But if there
> is no entry, as in your case, the variable isn't reset and so displays
> the contents with which it was last loaded (the header on the previous
> page).
>
> So the short answer is that everything is working. It just isn't working
> the way you want it to. ;- )  Either live with it (my choice), add
> enough idex markers to spill to a second page (I hope that's a REALLY
> short book), or twiddle your master pages to have an empty left page
> header, either by creating a new left master page or deleting the
> variable from the one you use. In all honesty, for a one-page index,
> dictionary headers are kinda cute but useless.
>
> Cheers,
> Art
>
> On 1/30/06, Joe Malin <jmalin at tuvox.com> wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I am using dictionary headers in my FM-generated index. My index
> > happens to be only one page, so I have a blank left page. Even so, the
>
> > header appears on this page, displaying the last index entry of the
> > *previous* page. No other one-page file exhibits this behavior. Is
> > this a known FM bug, or am I doing something wrong?
> >
> > Joe
> >
> >
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Art Campbell                                             art.campbell at gmail.com
  "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent
               and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson
                             No disclaimers apply.
                                     DoD 358