Sigil index - semicolon bug

Simons Mith · Yesterday, 12:47 PM

According to the online docs, marking an index entry with a semicolon is supposed to produce more than one entry

The example online uses entrya;entryb - I quote the relevant section below

Code:

[blank]: If you leave the name empty, then the exact words you highlighted will be used in the index.

words: If you enter a word or phrase, then that word or phrase will be used (e.g. Oak instead of oak).

heading/words: If you use a “/” in the name then a hierarchical group will be created (e.g. Forest/Tree/Oak will create an entry Oak filed under Tree filed under Forest).

entrya;entryb: If you use a “;” then multiple entries will be created for this word or phrase.

This hasn't worked for me on 2.8.1 or 2.8.5. I just get a single index entry containing "entrya;entryb" exactly as entered. The / character does work correctly

KevinH · Yesterday, 03:19 PM

I will look into that.

KevinH · Yesterday, 04:35 PM

Okay, way back in Sigil 0.7.1 that feature for using a ';' ended up causing an empty html bug and so was removed by this commit from over 13 years ago.

https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil...bc8313df0ba6e2

That was before we took over Sigil. If you found that ';' feature documented in a current Sigil User guide, we will have to fix the user guide to remove that feature. The tooltips in Sigil no longer mention that use of ';'.

Simons Mith · Yesterday, 04:59 PM

Oh, dang, I was going to use that. Thanks for checking so quickly.

What's the recommended way to do the same thing nowadays? Should I just index the next word along or something?

KevinH · Yesterday, 05:27 PM

Not sure as I have never tried to use that feature in the last 15 years. I'm not even sure what the expected output was.

When I get a free moment, I will try it in a really old Sigil (0.7.0)(if I can find one that works on recent MacOS) to see exactly what xhtml it creates in the index file. If you are a Windows user you may have better luck trying a binary that old to see exactly what it was expected to generate in the index.xhtml.

If you do that and post the output, we can try to figure out a way to do the same thing or something similar.

Yesterday, 12:47 PM	#1
Simons Mith Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: none	Sigil index - semicolon bug According to the online docs, marking an index entry with a semicolon is supposed to produce more than one entry The example online uses entrya;entryb - I quote the relevant section below Code: [blank]: If you leave the name empty, then the exact words you highlighted will be used in the index. words: If you enter a word or phrase, then that word or phrase will be used (e.g. Oak instead of oak). heading/words: If you use a “/” in the name then a hierarchical group will be created (e.g. Forest/Tree/Oak will create an entry Oak filed under Tree filed under Forest). entrya;entryb: If you use a “;” then multiple entries will be created for this word or phrase. This hasn't worked for me on 2.8.1 or 2.8.5. I just get a single index entry containing "entrya;entryb" exactly as entered. The / character does work correctly Last edited by Simons Mith; Yesterday at 12:50 PM.

Yesterday, 04:35 PM	#3
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 10,192 Karma: 7640000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Okay, way back in Sigil 0.7.1 that feature for using a ';' ended up causing an empty html bug and so was removed by this commit from over 13 years ago. https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil...bc8313df0ba6e2 That was before we took over Sigil. If you found that ';' feature documented in a current Sigil User guide, we will have to fix the user guide to remove that feature. The tooltips in Sigil no longer mention that use of ';'. Last edited by KevinH; Yesterday at 04:43 PM.

Yesterday, 05:27 PM	#5
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 10,192 Karma: 7640000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	Not sure as I have never tried to use that feature in the last 15 years. I'm not even sure what the expected output was. When I get a free moment, I will try it in a really old Sigil (0.7.0)(if I can find one that works on recent MacOS) to see exactly what xhtml it creates in the index file. If you are a Windows user you may have better luck trying a binary that old to see exactly what it was expected to generate in the index.xhtml. If you do that and post the output, we can try to figure out a way to do the same thing or something similar. Last edited by KevinH; Yesterday at 05:43 PM.

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Yesterday, 03:19 PM	#2
KevinH Sigil Developer Posts: 10,192 Karma: 7640000 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: many	I will look into that.

Yesterday, 04:59 PM	#4
Simons Mith Enthusiast Posts: 31 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2020 Device: none	Oh, dang, I was going to use that. Thanks for checking so quickly. What's the recommended way to do the same thing nowadays? Should I just index the next word along or something?

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