[OS X TeX] Entering specially formatted items in the index

[Alain Schremmer]

Morten Høgholm wrote:

> On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 00:31:03 +0200, Alain Schremmer  
> <Schremmer.Alain at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>>
>>> Assuming the definition
>>>   \newcommand*\DEKA{\ensuremath{\denom{D\mathsmaller{EKA}}}}
>>> you should be able to get by with just
>>>   \index{DEKA@\DEKA}
>>
>>
>> Would there be a way other than entering one definition for each 
>> metric  prefix?
>
>
> You could do something like this (entirely untested):
>
> \newcommand*\DefineMetricPrefix[1]{%
>   \expandafter\@ifdefineable\csname #1\endcsname{%
>     \DefineMetricPrefix at aux#1\@nil
>   }
>
> }
> \def\DefineMetricPrefix at aux#1#2\@nil{%
>   \expandafter\DeclareRobustCommand \csname#1#2\endcsname{%
>     \ensuremath{#1\mathsmaller{#2}}%
>   }%
>   \expandafter\protected at edef\csname index#1#2\endcsname{%
>     \noexpand\index{#1@\expandafter\noexpand\csname #1#2\endcsname}}%
> }
>
> \DefineMetricPrefix{DEKA} then defines
>   \DEKA -> \ensuremath{D\mathsmaller{EKA}}
> and
>   \indexDEKA -> \index{DEKA@\DEKA}



Well, I guess this is what I get for thinking up these bizarre formats.

I am going to try it in a day or two.

On the other hand, I am seriously considering giving up on the metric 
system entirely. :-)

Very grateful regards
--schremmer
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