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Re: Predicate for true lists
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Basil L. Contovounesios |
Subject: |
Re: Predicate for true lists |
Date: |
Mon, 22 Apr 2019 13:58:01 +0100 |
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <address@hidden>
>> Cc: <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>, <address@hidden>
>> Date: Sun, 21 Apr 2019 22:41:39 +0100
>>
>> > Each time you write @cindex (or @findex, or @vindex, or ...), the
>> > entry you wrote is added to the Index, and it points to the place
>> > where you wrote the above.
>>
>> I understood this, but thought that every section relevant to some key
>> should be indexed by that key, not just the section which defines it.
>> I understand now that this is not the case.
>
> This is not the case. The index entry should point to the place where
> the subject is described and discussed in its fullest. If there are
> certain specific aspects of the subject whose description is elsewhere
> (e.g., because it would be out of place or inappropriate as part of
> the main description, perhaps because some missing context), then add
> qualified index entries that point to those other places, as in
>
> @cindex foo -- the main index entry
> @cindex foo, and bar -- index entry for discussion of foo in context of bar
>
> Here are two real-life examples of the latter:
>
> @cindex display property, and point display
> @cindex display property, unsafe evaluation
Makes sense, thanks for explaining.
--
Basil
- Re: Predicate for true lists, (continued)
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/04/21
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/04/21
- RE: Predicate for true lists, Drew Adams, 2019/04/21
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/04/22
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/04/22
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/04/22
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/04/22
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/04/21
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Basil L. Contovounesios, 2019/04/21
- Re: Predicate for true lists, Eli Zaretskii, 2019/04/22
- Re: Predicate for true lists,
Basil L. Contovounesios <=