Index sort order

[Niels Fanøe]

Hi,

I discovered a problem in my index. Entries such as "semantic errors" and "search windows" were sorted _after_ Z. Naturally, I inspected the sort order on the reference page in the index file and found that the last entry in the sort order was "<see also>". If I removed that from the sort order, the above terms sorted correctly.

Now, the manual states,
"To indicate that a letter pair should be sorted as a single character, specify the letter pair between angle brackets (< >)--for example, C Ç c ç<CH><Ch><ch>."

Why, then, does "<see also>" (and "<see>" too, btw) not obey that rule? Does it really only apply to PAIRS?

(I know that you can specify a custom sort order in the index marker, so you needn't tell me that.)

Here's the whole sort order if you want to see that:
<$symbols><$numerics>AÁÀÄÃaáàäã Bb CÇcç Dd EÉÈÊËeéèêë Ffƒ  Gg Hh IÍÌÎÏi€íìîï Jj Kk Ll Mm NÑnñ OÓÒÔÖÕoóòôöõ°º Pp Qq Rr Ss Tt UÚÙÛÜuúùûü Vv Ww Xx YŸyÿý Zz æÆ øØ åÅ <see also>

Frame 7.1 p116 on Win2K.

Med venlig hilsen/Best regards

Niels Fanøe
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