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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 |