Package: xindy-rules
Version: 2.5.1.20160104-5
Severity: important
Tags: patch upstream
Dear xindy-rules maintainers,
I ran into this problem when using dblatex and xindy to typeset a book,
where the index ended up with the wrong sorting order. This is a
Norwegian book with some North Saami words in the body and index. Every
Saami word starting with č and š are incorrectly sorted as starting with
a symbol, while they should be sorted with c and s, respectively.
Setting severity to important, as there is no known workaround and the
problem is fatal when trying to create a print ready book using xindy.
I had a look at the code, but do not really know how this is supposed to
work. I suspect the correct fix is the untested patch below. Am I on
the right track here? I verified the ordering of č and ç by comparing
it with the nb_NO locale.
diff --git a/make-rules/alphabets/norwegian/utf8.pl.in
b/make-rules/alphabets/norwegian/utf8.pl.in
index 902b07b..9b30a88 100644
--- a/make-rules/alphabets/norwegian/utf8.pl.in
+++ b/make-rules/alphabets/norwegian/utf8.pl.in
@@ -11,10 +11,9 @@ $alphabet = [
[], # a with ogonek (polish)
['B', ['b','B']],
[], # b with hook (hausa)
-['C', ['c','C'],['ç','Ç']],
+['C', ['c','C'],['č','Č'],['ç','Ç']],
[], # ch (spanish/traditional)
[], # cs (hungarian)
- [], # c with caron (many)
[], # c with acute (croatian, lower sorbian, polish)
[], # c with circumflex (esperanto)
[], # c with cedilla (albanian, kurdish, turkish)
@@ -85,10 +84,9 @@ $alphabet = [
[], # r with caron (czech, slovak/large, upper sorbian)
[], # r with acute (lower sorbian)
[], # r with cedilla/comma (latvian)
-['S', ['s','S']],
+['S', ['s','S'], ['š', 'Š']],
[], # sh (albanian)
[], # sz (hungarian)
- [], # s with caron (many)
[], # s with acute (lower sorbian, polish)
[], # s with circumflex (esperanto)
[], # s with comma below (romanian)
--
Happy hacking
Petter Reinholdtsen
