Format Page number references

[Herbert Voss]

Am 22.08.21 um 09:37 schrieb Andreas Plihal:
> Hi!
> Maybe I formulated my problem too vaguely, so I'll try again, but this 
> time in more detail:
> I have already established an extensive subject index in my KOMA book. 
> In order to enforce the DUDEN order in it, I was advised to use the 
> index processor texindy. I use that and it works well.
> There are numerous examples, exercises, and footnotes in my book that 
> contain a number of key words. If the keyword "resonance frequency" is 
> mentioned in a task, it has been shown in the subject index as follows:
> example
> Resonance frequency, 87
> Now an index creator has advised me to add only one letter to the page 
> number in the subject index instead of the keywords "example", 
> "exercise"or "footnote" in such (numerous!) Cases. In relation to my 
> above example, the entry in the subject register should look like this:
> Resonance frequency, 87b
> If the same keyword were mentioned in a footnote, the entry would read:
> Resonance frequency, 87f


Write into the documents preamble

\newcommand\myA{#1a}
\newcommand\myB{#1b}
\newcommand\myF{#1f}


And in the text insert the special entries with the | operator: 
\index{frequency|myF}
Then it will get the f in the index as suffix. Or \index{frequency|myB} 
for 1b



Herbert




> That would be much more elegant and I could save space in my already 
> extensive subject index.
> The question now arises as to how I can achieve this in my LYX 
> register. (I have already read the instructions for the text processor 
> Makeindex to get an idea of ​​how I could implement this change in my 
> subject index. Unfortunately, the instructions are a bit too cryptic 
> for me, because it is not clear what tags and what variables are. 
> Apart from that, I also use the texindy processor ... )
> Please for your help!
> Greetings Andreas
>