Re: Printing a special index alone and including it in the general idex

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Thanks, Gavin. Will the line macro play nicely with indexing commands such
as @subentry and @seeentry?

Benjamin Kalish
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On Fri, Nov 7, 2025 at 1:59=E2=80=AFPM Gavin Smith <[email protected]=
m> wrote:

> On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 07:29:51AM -0500, Benjamin Kalish wrote:
> > How can I print a special index by itself and also include its entries =
in
> > the concept index? So that I could have something like:
> >
> > @node Function Index
> > @appendix Function Index
> >
> > @printindex fn @c print just function index
> >
> > @node Index
> > @appendix Index
> >
> > @printindex cp @c print combined index
> > My exact use case is a little different (I need indexes for particular
> > sections and also the combined index at the end) but this makes for a
> > concise example and the solution should be the same.
> >
> > @synindex allows the combined index as desired, but also appears to emp=
ty
> > the original index so it can't be printed.
>
> As you state the problem, it is not possible, for the reason that you
> have explained.
>
> > I'd rather not have to write each indexing command twice. It seems like
> > there must be a better way.
>
> You could do it with a macro:
>
> @linemacro indexfn {entry}
> @findex \entry\
> @cindex \entry\
> @end linemacro
>
> Then instead of writing this:
>
> @findex foo
>
> - you write this:
>
> @indexfn foo
>
> That will put the "foo" index entry into both indices, with a single line
> in the Texinfo source.
>
>

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=E2=80=AFPM Gavin Smith &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">gav=
[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_qu=
ote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,20=
4);padding-left:1ex">On Fri, Nov 07, 2025 at 07:29:51AM -0500, Benjamin Kal=
ish wrote:<br>
&gt; How can I print a special index by itself and also include its entries=
 in<br>
&gt; the concept index? So that I could have something like:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; @node Function Index<br>
&gt; @appendix Function Index<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; @printindex fn @c print just function index<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; @node Index<br>
&gt; @appendix Index<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; @printindex cp @c print combined index<br>
&gt; My exact use case is a little different (I need indexes for particular=
<br>
&gt; sections and also the combined index at the end) but this makes for a<=
br>
&gt; concise example and the solution should be the same.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; @synindex allows the combined index as desired, but also appears to em=
pty<br>
&gt; the original index so it can&#39;t be printed.<br>
<br>
As you state the problem, it is not possible, for the reason that you<br>
have explained.<br>
<br>
&gt; I&#39;d rather not have to write each indexing command twice. It seems=
 like<br>
&gt; there must be a better way.<br>
<br>
You could do it with a macro:<br>
<br>
@linemacro indexfn {entry}<br>
@findex \entry\<br>
@cindex \entry\<br>
@end linemacro<br>
<br>
Then instead of writing this:<br>
<br>
@findex foo<br>
<br>
- you write this:<br>
<br>
@indexfn foo<br>
<br>
That will put the &quot;foo&quot; index entry into both indices, with a sin=
gle line<br>
in the Texinfo source.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div>

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