[tex-k] bug report for makeindex

[Paulo Ney de Souza]

On Fri, Aug 2, 2024 at 8:07 PM Boris Veytsman <borisv at lk.net> wrote:

> PNdS> From: Paulo Ney de Souza <pauloney at gmail.com>
> PNdS> Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 18:48:05 -0700
>
> Here is my problem with this.  \nomenclature is not just a pointer to
> the equation.  It is also a definition of a symbol.  If you have two
> commands for the same symbol, should the definion be the same?  What
> if you changed one without changing another?
>

If you change one without the other, you should end up with two
different ones.

The same symbol can be used for different things with the same
name, one example is

  |g|

which stands for the "order of g", in a group, in a ring, in a field....
Most of the time, you want to be short and say just that and let
the context define everything else. So you want something like

|g| order of the element g, pages 212, 267 and 315

and the context of each one will help define the term.

Maybe you need another interface where you want to (1) define a
> symbol, and (2) collect the important equations where it is used? I
> think these tasks require different commands, do not they?
>

That would be nice and will cover more cases, but not necessary.

Paulo Ney



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> --
> Good luck
>
> -Boris
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