[OS X TeX] Ordering index entries

[Eyrich Christoph]

> On 2015-04-09, at 7:33 , John Thoo <jthoo at yccd.edu> wrote:
> 
> I have the following index entries in my document:
> 
>  \index{Base (of a numeral)!base 4}
>  \index{Base (of a numeral)!base 6}
>  \index{Base (of a numeral)!base 10}
>  \index{Base (of a numeral)!base 60}
> 
> but in the Index it appears as
> 
>  Base (of a numeral)
>       base 10, 18
>       base 4, 8
>       base 6, 5
>       base 60, 16, 18
> 
> I use  makeindex.  How can I get "base 10" to appear in between "base 6" and "base 60" so that it is listed "alphabetically"?

\index{Base (of a numeral)!base 04 at base 4}
\index{Base (of a numeral)!base 06 at base 6}

Chris