Re: questions about (docbook) formatting

[Karl Berry]

    Maybe the most logical would be to produce
    <varlistentry>
      <term>a</term>
      <term><indexterm role="cp"><primary>index</primary></indexterm>b</term>
      <listitem>Text.</listitem>
    </varlistentry>

    This would avoid having to have to look forward when processing @item a.
    And if there is no @itemx, then the index entry would be in the
    listitem.

Works for me.  Thanks.