[tex-eplain] Correct format for \indexsee and \indexseealso

[Dan Luecking]

At 04:55 PM 2/1/2005, you wrote:

>     There is also an acceptable alternative style:
>     foo (see bar)
>     foo, 23, 32 (see also bar)
>     foo, 23, 32 (see also bar; bell)
>
>I believe the parens can be added fairly easily (see below, untested).
>However, the punctuation before the "(see" may be controlled by
>makeindex.  I'm not sure.
[...]
>   \def\seevariant{\it}%
>! \def\indexseeword{(see}%
>! \def\indexsee#1#2{{\seevariant \indexseeword\ }#1)}%

I think italic parentheses are ugly. Even worse when the open and
close parentheses don't match. I'd prefer
   \def\indexseeword{see}%
   \def\indexsee#1#2{({\seevariant \indexseeword\/ }#1)}
And shouldn't that italic correction be there?

Regards,
Dan


Daniel H. Luecking
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Arkansas