:sep. If the keyword :min-range-length is
specified we define the minimum range length to be used when
building ranges. The argument num must be a positive integer
-number or the keyword none in which case the building of ranges
-is disallowed. If the switch :var is specified the declared class
+number. Use a sufficiently large number (such as 10000) to disallow the building of ranges.
+If the switch :var is specified the declared class
is of type variable, i.e. it is a var-location-class. Since
building of ranges is currently only allowed for standard classes
:var and :min-range-length must not be used together. The
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@
(define-location-class "page-numbers" ("arabic-numbers")
- :minimum-range-length 3)
+ :min-range-length 3)
Defines the location class page-numbers consisting of one layer
which is the alphabet arabic-numbers. Since the minimum
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@@ -460,11 +460,12 @@
the form
- (define-location-class ... :min-range-length none) + (define-location-class ... :min-range-length 100000)-
The argument :min-range-length none avoids forming of ranges.
-Arbitrary numbers instead of none define the minimum length of a
-sequence of location references that are needed to form a range.
+
Arbitrary numbers define the minimum length of a sequence of location references that are needed to form a range.
+The use of a sufficiently large number (such as :min-range-length 100000) avoids forming of ranges
+(unless your document has more than 100.000 pages and an index entry spans all of them; in this unlikely case, just increase
+the number sufficiently).