Format Page number references

[Herbert Voss]

Am 24.08.21 um 14:47 schrieb Herbert Voss:
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> 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
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> Write into the documents preamble
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> \newcommand\myA{#1a}
> \newcommand\myB{#1b}
> \newcommand\myF{#1f}

should be
\newcommand\myA[1]{#1a}
\newcommand\myB[1]{#1b}
\newcommand\myF[1]{#1f}



Herbert

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> 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
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> Herbert
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>> 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
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