(eplain.info)Indexing terms

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4.12.1 Indexing terms
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Indexing commands in Eplain come in pairs: one command that only writes
the index entry to the '.idx' file (see above section), and one that
also typesets the term being indexed. The former always starts with 's'
(for "silent"). In either case, the name always includes 'Idx', where I
is the index letter, also described above. Eplain defines the index 'i'
itself, so that's what we'll use in the names below.

   The silent form of the commands take a subterm as a trailing optional
argument. For example, '\sidx{truth}[definition of]' on page 75 makes an
index entry that will eventually be typeset (by default) as

     truth
       definition of, 75

   Also, the silent commands ignore trailing spaces. The non-silent ones
do not.

Indexing commands

Making index entries.

Modifying index entries

Ranges, see/see also, page number typesetting.

Index entries with special characters

Proofing index terms

Noting index entries in the margins.