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"

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

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

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