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@@ -284,6 +284,13 @@ that its argument is an index entry.
Delimiter denoting a new level of subitem.
.RE
.TP
+.BR page_compositor " <string>"
+"-"
+.RS
+Delimiter separating parts of a composite page number (see
+\s-2SPECIAL EFFECTS\s+2 below).
+.RE
+.TP
.BR quote " <char>"
\'"\'
.RS
@@ -990,7 +997,7 @@ will be turned into
with a warning message in the transcript file complaining about an
illegal range formation.
.LP
-Finally, every special symbol mentioned in this section may be
+Every special symbol mentioned in this section may be
escaped by the
.B quote
operator (`"'). Thus
@@ -1026,8 +1033,14 @@ becomes
.LP
which represents an umlaut-accented `u' to the \*(TX family of
processors.
+.LP
+A page number can be a composite of one or more fields
+separated by the delimiter bound to
+.B page_compositor
+(`-'), 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