[Tugindia] Re: List of Cases

[Duvvuri Venu Gopal]

>
>     Venu> Presently using Index I gathered all the cases using
>
>     Venu> \newcommand{\case}[1]{\textbf{#1}\index{#1}}
>
>
>Could you try the following code and tell me if this does what you
>needed? (You might use the Unix sort command to sort the entries in
>the <file>.loc, which is the list of cases file written by LaTeX).
>
><--------------------------- start ----------------->
>
>\documentclass{article}
>
>\makeatletter
>\newcounter{case}
>\newcommand{\case}[1]{\par\textbf{#1}%
>     \addcontentsline{loc}{case}%
>     {\string\numberline{\string\caseno}#1}{\thepage}}
>\def\caseno{\stepcounter{case}{\thecase.}}
>\def\listcasename{List of Cases}
>\def\listofcases{%
>     \section*{\listcasename}%
>       \@mkboth{\listcasename}%
>          {\listcasename}%
>     \@starttoc{loc}}
>\let\l at case\l at figure
>\makeatletter
>
>\begin{document}
>
>\listofcases
>
>\newpage
>
>\case{Case A}
>\case{Case B}
>\case{Case C}
>\end{document}
>

I have tried the code. The following is the result -

I used case in \section with a \footnote. But probably it is not working there. As I got some error message saying it encountered some \par etc.

Whereas the index generated more cases, case environment generated only 5 or 6 cases.

After generating *.loc I sorted it using linux sort. The problem is when I run latex again it is over written. So I could not get the cases in alphabetical order!!

Some cases come again and again (3 - 4 times), Index shows case and page numbers. But the case above may show them as separate entries.

The simplet way I think is - can I get index in a single column? It will solve most of my problem (with some compromising on Sl. No. and Page number in right column)

Thanking you.

VenuGopal