[OS X TeX] \langle does not display as such in the Index

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Jan 31, 2016, at 11:04 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Sorry it took me so long to respond: The problem turned out actually to be more complicated than I had thought and I hope that the attached "minimal example" will clarify the circumstances under which \cup works while \langle does not.
> 
> Best regards
> --schremmer
> 
> 
> <MakeindedVsShowindex.tex.zip>
> 
> 
> On , at 2016 Jan 23,9:03 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
> 
>>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 7:23 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On , at 2016 Jan 23,7:31 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:
>>> 
>>>>> On Jan 23, 2016, at 5:39 PM, Alain Schremmer <schremmer.alain at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am proofreading a bit and just noticed that: 
>>>>> 
>>>>> \langle displays correctly under showidx but under makeidx displays   hA   
>>>>> and 
>>>>> \rangle displays correctly under showidx but under makeidx  displays   A with a little cup on top followed by B
>>>>> 
>>>>> Similarly, 
>>>>> 
>>>>> \left \langle displays correctly with showidx but under makeidx displays CircleCross A
>>>>> and
>>>>> \right \rangle displays correctly under showidx but under makeidx displays a dropped A with a little cup on top followed by B
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> I am using
>>>>> 
>>>>> 			\let\oldopenparen\(%
>>>>> 			\let\oldcloseparen\)%
>>>>> 			\newcommand{\INDEX}[1]{\def\({\protect\oldopenparen}\def\){\protect\oldcloseparen}\index{#1}}
>>>>> 
>>>>> which works fine with every other symbols.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Puzzled regards
>>>>> --schremmer
>>>> 
>>>> Howdy,
>>>> 
>>>> What are you trying to do?
>>> 
>>> Indexing math symbols which works fine except for \rlangle and \langle
>>> 
>>>> Are you including the \rlangle and \langle in math mode?
>>> 
>>> Yes
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> --schremmer
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> Have you tried
>> 
>> \index{{\(\angle\)}} or \index{$\langle$}? It seems to work fine for the makeidx package for me.
>> 
>> %%!TEX TS-program = pdflatexmk
>> \documentclass{article}
>> \usepackage{makeidx}
>> \makeindex
>> \begin{document}
>> Here's an indexed item; \(\langle\)\index{\(\langle\)}.
>> \printindex
>> \end{document}
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Howdy,

In part B I commented out the usepackage showidx and uncommented Michael Sharpe's code. When I compile the index entry, Heiko Oberdiek, is NOT hyperlinked as you say it should be. I'm stopping there for now.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)