<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">I am in the later stages of preparing a book manuscript, and have encountered a behavior in BibTeX which I don't understand. <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>On page 2 of the book (in the LaTeX file) is the following index entry:</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> \index{Newton!Principia@\textit{Principia}}</SPAN></DIV><DIV>on page 129 is another</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> \index{Newton!Principia@\textit{Principia}!Book 1, Lemma 7}</SPAN></DIV><DIV>and on page 191 another</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> \index{Newton!Principia@\textit{Principia}!Book 2, Lemma 2}</SPAN>.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I would expect these to come out, in the bibliography, as</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Principia, 2</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Book 1, Lemma 7, 129</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Book 2, Lemma 2, 191</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>but instead I get</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Principia</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Book 1, Lemma 7, 129</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Book 2, Lemma 2, 191</DIV><DIV><SPAN class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </SPAN>Principia, 2</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>(Note that the index entries above are verbatim: I copied them via copy and paste from the files)</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Why is BibTeX reading the subitem entries as subitems to something different from the general reference, and what can I do about it?<BR><DIV> <SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; "><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Zbigniew Nitecki</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Department of Mathematics</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Tufts University</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Medford, MA 02155</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><BR></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">telephones:</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Office<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>(617)627-3843</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dept.<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>(617)627-3234</FONT></P><P style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px"><FONT face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Dept. fax<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"><SPAN class="Apple-converted-tab"> <SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN></SPAN>(617)627-3966</FONT></P><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"></SPAN></SPAN> </DIV><BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>