Command/keyword:method

Description

The way in which e. g. lists or registers are sorted when \placeregister or \placelistofsynonyms is influenced by an appropriate keyword passed to ConTeXt's sort module (sort-ini.lua).

The details lay in a rather obscure set of methods (see source), for which the following short-cuts are defined:

• default = "zc,pc,zm,pm,uc"
• before = "mm,mc,uc"
• after = "pm,mc,
• first = "pc,mm,uc"
• last = "mc,mm,uc"

Example

Here [1] is a modified example posted on the mailing list by Hans to illustrate the impact of different sorting methods:

\starttext
\def\Test#1%
 
{\vbox{{\bf#1}\blank\placeregister[index][language=cz,n=1,method={#1}]}\blank}

wanted result: oá öb Oč Öď Oo Öo oo öo Öq öř Oš oů \blank

\startcolumns[n=2]
     \Test{before}   \Test{first} 
     \Test{default}  \Test{after}  \Test{last}
\stopcolumns

\page

wanted result: oá öb Oč Öď Oo Öo oo öo Öq öř Oš oů \blank

\startcolumns[n=3]
     \Test{mc,mm,uc} \Test{mc,zm,uc} \Test{mc,pm,uc}
     \Test{zc,mm,uc} \Test{zc,zm,uc} \Test{zc,pm,uc}
     \Test{pc,mm,uc} \Test{pc,zm,uc} \Test{pc,pm,uc}
\stopcolumns

\page

wanted result: oá öb Oč Öď Oo Öo oo öo Öq öř Oš oů \blank

\startcolumns[n=3]
     \Test{mm,mc,uc} \Test{zm,mc,uc} \Test{pm,mc,uc}
     \Test{mm,zc,uc} \Test{zm,zc,uc} \Test{pm,zc,uc}
     \Test{mm,pc,uc} \Test{zm,pc,uc} \Test{pm,pc,uc}
\stopcolumns

\page

\dorecurse {2} {
    \page \recurselevel:
         \index{oá}  \index{öb}  \index{Oč}  \index{Öď}
         \index{oo}  \index{öo}  \index{Oo}  \index{Öo}
         \index{Öq}  \index{öř}  \index{Oš}  \index{oů}
    done
}

\stoptext

Note that in some instances (if no key is specified) uppercase letters are sorted before lowercase ones.

The key set "zm,mc,uc", "zm,zc,uc" and "zm,pc,uc" give the wanted result in this example.

See also

• \placelistofsynonyms
• \placeregister
• \setupregister