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From: plaut@sc2a.unige.ch (Olivier PLAUT)
Newsgroups: comp.text.tex
Subject: Another problem with INDEX and /newcommand (was: Need help with
Message-ID: <289@sc2a.unige.ch>
Date: 7 Nov 90 11:41:01 GMT
References: <1990Nov5.220343.1298@dayton.saic.com>
Organization: University of Geneva, Switzerland
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In article <1990Nov5.220343.1298@dayton.saic.com>, fac2@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake) writes:

> 	I am trying to put out a '\index' command from within a '\newcommand'
> defined command.  A problem arises when there is a '_' within the text I am
> trying to use.  Using a '_' directly with the '\index' command produces the
> desired results.  Using it from within the newcommand defined gives me:
> ...

I have the same type of problem with \index in a \newcommand:

If I use a newcommand, LaTeX transforms accents, as shown below.

That transformation will cause a mistake in the alphabetical order:
\'{e}thane will appear normally in lettre 'e'
whereas {\accent 19 e}thane will appear before 'a' in the index.

Is there a possibility to avoid this ?

FILE TEST.TEX
\documentstyle {rapport}
\makeindex
\newcommand{\idxtest}[1]{\index{_#1}}
\begin{document}
text page 1
\idxtest{\'{e}thane}
\index{_\'{e}thane}
\end{document}

FILE TEST.IDX
\indexentry{_{\accent 19 e}thane}{1}
\indexentry{_\'{e}thane}{1}
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