[texhax] index entries in latex/makeindex

[Zbigniew Nitecki]

In a book I am writing in latex (using makeindex to generate the  
index) I am running into a confusing anomaly.

The following macros are among those I have to generate index entries:
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\newcommand{\namerefindex}[4]{\index{#2, #1 (#3-#4)}}%prints name,  
date in index not text
\newcommand{\namerefsilent}[4]{#1\  #2\ (#3-#4)}%prints name, date in  
text not index
\newcommand{\nameref}[4]{#1\  #2\ (#3-#4)\namerefindex{#1}{#2}{#3}{#4}} 
%prints name, date in text
\newcommand{\namesubref}[5]{\index{#2, #1 (#3-#4)!#5}}%prints subentry  
in index
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(the usage is: \nameref{Firstname}{Lastname}{Birthdate}{Deathdate}
and in the subref, #5 is an index entry under the entry above.

I have discovered that references made using \namerefsilent followed  
by \namesubref
work fine, but those generated using \nameref fail to show up in the  
index.


Any explanation?

Zbigniew Nitecki
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