MakeIndex is a program for sorting the entries identified in a source file by \index{...} into the order to be listed in an index. The LaTeX process writes out an .idx file, which is the input to MakeIndex. The output of MakeIndex is a sorted .ind file, to be read in by LaTeX in the next cycle to typeset the index.
Questions tagged [makeindex]
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Makeindex, different kinds of references and collation in the index
In reference to the question asked last week on how to deal with different kinds of index-entries:
Makeindex and different kinds of references
I wondered if it is possible to up the ante. Again this is the section of Makeindex i'm referring to:
In…
Martin Mueller
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Makeindex and different kind of references
The manual of Makeindex states:
In some indexes, certain page numbers are specially formatted—for example, an italic page number may indicate the primary reference, and an n after a page number may denote that the item appears in a footnote on that…
Martin Mueller
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Replacing en-dash for hyphen in the index (makeindex)
I need to make a change in the index (not contents) of my book: I need to change the en-dash ("long" dash) for the hyphen ("short" dash) when an entry of the index covers a group of pages (I mean, from page A to page B). What I have is this
and I…
Fabio
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Makeindex cannot generate index entries
I have a simple Latex cod
\documentclass[12pt,oneside]{scrbook}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex
\renewcommand{\thepage}{%
\thechapter.\arabic{page}}
\begin{document}
\chapter{Sample}
Stuff about eigenvectors\index{eigenvector} and…
Zeljko Hrcek
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makeindex "Extra `@' at position n of first argument", when inside newcommand using math mode
I'm a long time LaTeX user, and over the years this forum has been extremely useful. I have always found an answer here, except this time.
I'm trying to create a newcommand to define some math symbols. The command defines a macro, and that macro…
MaMike
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Foreign language index sort order broken
When I create an MWE below, the sort order in the index is perfectly alphabetical. However when I work with a very large document which uses babel in the exact same manner, the order in the index is broken. I observe groups of alphabetically…
user189010
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\index with see macro and math content
Following a related question, I have problems with giving the see macro (from makeidx) math input. The MWE:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}…
user7427029
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Sorting problem with index entries for footnotes as page-n-footnote
I am working on an index for a large scientific manuscript. I would like to have index entries occurring as footnotes to be in the index as page-n-footnote. Courtesy of brannerchinese's code in this forum I have nearly got the problem solved. The…
dderbes
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makeindex: first letter bold
I create my index with makeindex, my .ist-file looks like that:
% sty.file for mkidx32.exe - redefines:
quote '+'
headings_flag 0
%headings_flag 1
heading_prefix "{\\textbf "
heading_suffix "}\\nopagebreak%\n \\indexspace\\nopagebreak%"
delim_0 ":…
binsky
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makeindex does nothing, unless I copy .idx file to another directory
My makefile for compiling my document runs makeindex after pdflatex. I recently noticed the index was no longer being emitted into the pdf, with no obvious cause (I didn't mess around with the document's major structure or preamble).
Here's what's…
spraff
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Sorting of roman and arabic page numbers in index
When using different page numberings, the package makeindex first cites the index on roman numbered pages and then on arabic numbered pages. I have an appendix with roman numbering, thus I want to change this sorting: When I have a key word that…
Martin
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Terminology used before defined
Is there an easy way to list all appearances of all words in the text of a LaTeX document that occur before a makeindex entry for that word arises in that document? When we move text around in a document, we can find that we have moved the…
Benjamin McKay
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My indexes don't appear
This is my problem: I have two indexes which don't appear, nor in the TOC, nor in the end of my document when I compile my file. My MWE:
\documentclass{book}
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domi
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Makeindex: Greek and Latin letters sorting
I am using makeindex to generate a list of symbols. But by default, it sorts Greek letters before Latin ones, I'd like it to be the other way around. Is there any way to do it, possibly with some .ist index style?
David Cruz
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Color entries of an index
Makeindex with option-s *.ist does not print the indexes. What do options=* mean? Is any command that allows me to colour the entries of the index? I use TexWorks with Miktex.
Thanks for your…
Houda Araj
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