debugging authorindex

Question

I have two books for which I want to create an author index using authorindex. Creating the index works for my book but not for the book somebody else has written. This is what I get as an error message:

authorindex -p -i test.aux
This is BibTeX, Version 0.99d (TeX Live 2013)
The top-level auxiliary file: _autidx_.aux
The style file: _autidx_.bst
I found no \citation commands---while reading file _autidx_.aux
Database file #1: biblio.bib
(There was 1 error message)
BibTeX error. Aborting leaving all temporary files _autidx_.*

I do not know what to do. How can I debug this? What may be the problem?

Edit: OK. It is a problem with babel. If the loading of babelis commented it, authorindex complains. Otherwise it works nicely.

\documentclass{book}                          


\usepackage{natbib}
\usepackage{authorindex}

%\usepackage[british,italian]{babel}                % hyphenation


\begin{document} 



\citep{test}

\bibliography{test}
\bibliographystyle{plain} 

\end{document}

I answered a similar question some months ago, about the conflict between natbib and authorindex, please have a look on that question (and answer ;-)) http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/174379/index-both-authors-and-subjects-with-authorindex-and-makeindex/174389#174389 — , Jun 19 '14 at 15:31
Ehm, but I have a natbib.cfg already and it works for another book. The problem is that babel seems to do funny things .... — Stefan Müller, Jun 19 '14 at 15:53
I did test with the standard biblio.bib (being part of TeXLive), and did not get any error with babel activated — , Jun 19 '14 at 16:04
It seems to depend on the position where babel is loaded. If loaded after natbib and authorindex I get the error, if loaded before, everything is fine as far as the call of authorindex is concerned. LaTeX complains though ... — Stefan Müller, Jun 19 '14 at 19:18
@StefanMueller: I cannot confirm that the order of calling babel is important, there is no difference for me. Do you use the latest TeXLive -- I updated two days ago and your code runs without complains — , Jun 19 '14 at 21:06
@StefanMüller Please, add a sample bib entry and details about the engine you're using. — egreg, Jun 20 '14 at 14:33

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 20 '14 at 14:23

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I used polyglossia instead of babel. And now it works fine with xelatex.

answered Jun 20 '14 at 14:23

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