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Summary

The instances of \register are used for adding register entries.

Instances

\index the standard register

Settings instance

\REGISTER[...]{...+...+...,...}
[...] text processor->text
{...+...+...,...} index

Settings instance:ownnumber

\REGISTER[...]{...}{...+...+...,...}
[...] text processor->text
{...} text
{...+...+...,...} index

Description

Adds a word or a phrase to a defined register.

Processors are used for highlighting single entries.

Beware: register entries must be anchored, i.e. they shouldn’t stand on their own line or after a \blank or similar, otherwise you might get [entry not flushed] errors in your index!

Examples

Example 1

\index{Simple entry}
\index{Entry+Subentry+Subsubentry}
\index[gravenhage]{’s Gravenhage} % different sorting

Notes

See also

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