Sort order of entries in an index

[Linda G. Gallagher]

What do you mean by a complete index entry? It doesn't seem to have to match
the complete second level portion of the index entry, so I'm not clear.

No matter what I do, space, no space before the [, these still won't sort
right under the stud and rollers first level entries.

 


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-----Original Message-----
From: framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com
[mailto:framers-bounces at lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf Of
steve at siliconprairiesoftware.com
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2008 3:22 PM
To: framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Sort order of entries in an index

Lester is on the right track...

He said this:

    Try adding a space before the opening square bracket of the sort order:

        studs:70 mm roller locations [studs:070 mm]
        studs:90 mm roller locations [studs:090 mm]

The spaces don't affect the sorting. The importing thing to note is that
the item included in the square brackets must be a complete index entry.
Lester's example is a complete entry in the square brackets, so his
example should sort correctly.

Another common problem with re-sorting is that once Frame encounters the
set of square brackets, it stops parsing the entry. That's why you can't
have entries that look like this:

studs: 70 mm[070 mm]: roller

Instead, the re-sorting should appear at the end:

studs: 70 mm: roller[studs: 070 mm: roller]

Hope this helps.

Steve



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