[XeTeX] Indexing Indic terms in Unicode, XeLaTeX

[TIMOTHY P. LIGHTHISER]

Hello,

I am hoping to learn how to make an index that displays words sorted
in accordance with the Indic alphabet after having been input directly
in Unicode.

Yasuhiro Okazaki's SktSortKey program (below), which can still be
used, works well with the old method of inputting accented characters
(\={a}, \d{t}, etc.).

Unfortunately, though, the SktSortKey program does not sort words in
accordance with the Indic alphabet if the accented characters have
been input directly in Unicode (ā, ḍ, etc.).

In the Archives, Yves Codet brought this issue up (below)  in 2006.
But, I do not believe a method was ever posted.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions,


tl



Yves Codet
http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/xetex/2006-June/004041.html
http://tug.org/mailman/htdig/xetex/2006-June/004058.html


SktSortKey program (http://indology.info/links/soft/)  Yasuhiro
Okazaki has developed a sort key generator for TeX index system. This
assumes you are using LaTeX and the makeindex program. SktSortKey will
process your index file so that it will be sorted into Sanskrit
alphabetical order. The package includes a Mac Carbon executable file
and source code which can be compiled on Unix or Windows OS.