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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-03-05 00:30:33 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-03-05 00:30:33 +0000
commit63871dc9b0d3f37940336fea3fea8ee55b228bf5 (patch)
tree47c5082b496808b8945f62841c64d9f5e6d96793 /Build/source/texk/makeindexk
parent90837aaad3cbd6e64ac6a9de0957ba84595aadcf (diff)
revised fix from oleg
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@6856 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rw-r--r--Build/source/texk/makeindexk/makeindex.118
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/makeindex.1 b/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/makeindex.1
index acab55173ae..9476aebc58d 100644
--- a/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/makeindex.1
+++ b/Build/source/texk/makeindexk/makeindex.1
@@ -284,8 +284,8 @@ that its argument is an index entry.
Delimiter denoting a new level of subitem.
.RE
.TP
-.BR page_compositor " <char>"
-\'-\'
+.BR page_compositor " <string>"
+"-"
.RS
Delimiter separating parts of a composite page number (see
\s-2SPECIAL EFFECTS\s+2 below).
@@ -1034,17 +1034,13 @@ becomes
which represents an umlaut-accented `u' to the \*(TX family of
processors.
.LP
-Page numbers can consist of several parts under a hierarchical page
-numbering scheme. For example, in a document with several appendices,
-pages in each appendix can be prefixed with a letter for the appendix,
-and the numbering in each appendix can start from one. That is, pages
-in Appendix A will be numbered `A-1', `A-2', etc.; pages in Appendix B
-will be numbered `B-1', `B-2', etc. Parts of a composite page number
-must be separated with
+A page number can be a composite of one or more fields
+separated by the delimiter bound to
.B page_compositor
-(`-'). Page numbers may contain up to ten parts.
+(`-'), e.g., II-12 for page 12 of Chapter II. Page numbers may
+contain up to ten fields.
.PP
-From version 2.11 of
+Since version 2.11 of
.IR makeindex ,
the
.B quote