index-list.qmd

---
title: "Index"
---

<!-- This is the start of the index for the web version.
We will likely need to manually construct much of the index.

* _support/scripts/collect-index.lua generates the list of index entries.
* _index_entries.txt is now grouped with each chapter and are in a bunch of sub-folders.
-->

```{python}
#| echo: false
#| output: asis

# Read the index entries
entries = {}
try:
    with open('_index_entries.txt', 'r') as f:
        for line in f:
            parts = line.strip().split('|')
            if len(parts) >= 3:
                term = parts[0]
                file_path = parts[1]
                title = parts[2]

                if term not in entries:
                    entries[term] = []

                # Avoid duplicates
                entry = {"file": file_path, "title": title}
                if entry not in entries[term]:
                    entries[term].append(entry)
except FileNotFoundError:
    print("No index entries found.")

# Sort terms alphabetically
sorted_terms = sorted(entries.keys())

# Group by first letter
current_letter = None
for term in sorted_terms:
    first_letter = term[0].upper()

    # Add letter heading when changing letter
    if first_letter != current_letter:
        current_letter = first_letter
        print(f"\n## {current_letter}\n")

    # Format term (replace hyphens with commas)
    formatted_term = term.replace('-', ', ')

    # Create links to pages
    page_links = []
    for entry in entries[term]:
        file_path = entry.get("file", "")
        page_title = entry.get("title", file_path)

        if file_path and page_title:
            # Create link to the page
            page_links.append(f"[{page_title}]({file_path})")

    # Output the index entry
    print(f"**{formatted_term}** — {', '.join(set(page_links))}\n")
```