{indexing} is about creating an index or similar lists for your document, usually by means of executing makeindex.
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package makeidx: print first letter for each group of keys
I've created index with makeidx package. It works. What really need is to print the first letter above every group of keys (i.e. referring to the image I want to print the red letter, that I have ...
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imakeidx: Is it safe to direct \index to an undefined index?
I am (still!) writing a biblatex style for legal citations. I am about to tackle indexing, and I want to make sure I have a viable plan. It's a pretty critical part of the project.
Here's the issue. ...
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make index started with mathcal mode in the right order
I want to make index something like:
$\mathcal{P}$-vector\index{$\mathcal{p}$-vector}
but when indexed it comes before words started with 'A' instead of being after 'O' words.
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Remove page number from index entries
My indexed terms are hyperlinks (to external files -- see question listed below), so the page numbers are really not useful information. Hece I would like to be able to remove the page number (and the ...
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How to locate rejected index enteries
Some of my index entries are being rejected for some reason. How do I determine which index entries were rejected?
For instance if I uncomment the \def at the top of the MWE below I see the message ...
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How to display an encyclopedia-like range of topics per chapter or per page in ConTeXt?
At the top of the page in many reference books or encyclopedias, there is always a range stating which topics are covered within a given area, e.g.:
A volume of encyclopedias will say "A-B" to ...
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Preparing an abstracts book for a session
I have a list of contributions for a conference, with each one consisting of a serial number, a title, a list of authors, and an abstract. What I'd like to do is:
typeset the list of contributions ...
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Applying \lowercase to index entries
I would like to sort the index entries independent of case.
Initially I was getting (code provided in MWE) the image on the left. So, that seemed like an easy fix: just apply \lowercase (uncomment ...
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List of Indexing Packages - Pros and Cons
What are the various indexing packages and what are their pros and cons? When should one choose one over the other?
There is some discussion of this in What are the latest/best practices for index ...
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Index hyperlinks to open a PDF file
The usual practice is that the index entries link to a page in the text where the word occurs. I am trying to index a list of files and am indexing each word in the file name. In the MWE below, ...
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Can emphasize produce an index item?
I would like to have a command which empasizes a term (like a definition in a mathematical text) and produces an item for the index (I use makeindex). Ideally the macro should not be too invasive, ...
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Problem with makeindex
I'm trying to create an index of manually-added words in memoir. I've looked up instructions in the documentation, and came up with the following MWE. It compiles, but why is the index not showing ...
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How to make an indexed word reference another indexed word in LyX?
The LyX-Wiki tells me that it is possible for an index to reference an other one. A possible output could be
Index
B
Bar, see Foo
F
Foo, 9
which is invoked by Bar|see{Foo}, so the wiki states. ...
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Wrong vertical position of heading created by \printindex [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Setting the same distance from the top of the page for chapter and index titles
When compiling the following example, you can see that the heading heading "Index" ...
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Indexing Macros without a leading backslash in a dtx file
I'm documenting a file containing several biblatex bibmacros and booleans and would like to create an index via \EnableCrossrefs, but
% \begin{macro}{mybibmacro}
% \begin{macrocode}
...
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Index and newcommand
I have a short question about indexing.
Is it possible that latex automatically creates an entry in the index,
when I first use a notation fixed by \newcommand?
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Problems with implementing glossary.engine in TeXShop
I followed the instruction from Creating Glossaries in TeXShop on Mac but the created engine did not appear (even not with Emacs). Here is what I did:
I created glossary_run.engine with TextEdit (and ...
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glossary does not appear
I've placed
\usepackage{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
just before
\begin{document}
as recommended in my preamble. After the main part of my paper I've placed
\newpage
\printglossaries
\newpage
...
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Order of appendices
I'm not sure whether it fits on TeX.SE or some other SE site, but anyways:
I wonder whether there's a good standard on the order of the common appendices when writing the thesis. I have in mind the ...
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beamer with \index creates empty lines in the index [closed]
I try to build an index in two columns at the end of my slides. To do so, I use the definitions from Create index entries in beamer with 2 columns (latex-community.org):
\documentclass{beamer}
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Limit on the length of an index? [closed]
Is there a limit on the length of an index that can be handled by LaTeX?
My situation is as follows. I have a set of about 30 documents which contain technical information about a product. The ...
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Reordering the index
When I index a molecular formula, I use the syntax \index{C8H12O4} and \index{C10H16O5}. The resulting output will have C10 before the C8 compound. What I understand is: in the second entry, C is ...
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Indexing some notions twice?
I'm making an Index of defined notions for my thesis (it's partly algebraic so there are dozens of notions defined through the whole text) and I think on how to index notions like trace of a Mobius ...
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Placement of multiple columns in multiple indices with multind and svmono.cls
I'm trying to implement multiple indices in my LaTeX file. I have to use the style file of Springer (svmono.cls; -> Link to zipped Springer Style) and did the indices with the package multind.
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How to prevent `doc` from indexing foreign macros?
The doc package, used for documenting LaTeX packages, has the ability to produce an index of all macros used in the package. Index entries can of of three types: where the macro is described, where it ...
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xindy for ancient Egyptian transliteration
I am preliminarily trying to work with creating a couple of indexes with xindy in a XeLaTeX file. One index will be the normal index about names, and I may disturb the list later on. A second list is ...
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How to align index columns
I followed the example posted by @Schweinebacke Customizing Index - Adding chapter heading and verse number to index entries and it works great. However I would like to change the appeareance of ...
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How to force output unix format idx file [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
option delim_0 “\\dotfill” in makeindex ignored by texlive's makeindex ?
This problem only happens in non-unix system (e.g. Windows).
\makeidx output ...
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Placement of seealso-cross refs (with xindy)
Is there a way to have seealso cross references at the end of the index entry as the very last \subitem? They should look something like this:
Fruit
Apples, 3
Bananas, 4
Oranges, 9-10
see ...
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makeindex - sorting by page number
I'm trying to create an index of notation for my paper.
I'd like to sort the index items chronologically by order of appearance.
In other words, if I have the symbol $Z$ occurring on the second page,
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Symbol index sorted by occurrence
I would like to make an symbol index which is sorted by occurence of symbol.
For example: Something like
... $\omega$\index{$\omega$} ... $A^P_k$\index{$A^P_k$} ... $\{\}$\index{$\{\}$}
should ...
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xindy: formatting the first letter of the first entry of a letter group
How do I format the first letter of the first entry of a letter group in an index generated with xindy? The result should look something like this:
...
\indexspace
\item \textbf{b}athroom\quad{}1
...
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Multiple indexes in LaTeX
I am familiar with the creation of multiple indexes using the multind package. One of the required steps is to run the makeindex executable for each generated .idx file. A typical solution would be do ...
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Why do you need (to use) texindy (to call xindy) when you want to use xindy?
If I replace the word texindy with xindy in the following answer the code compiles and produces same output (at least using TeXShop). texindy is there for a reason, and at least one expert uses it ...
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MakeIndex and \alph
Whilst reading the manual for MakeIndex I stumbled upon:
MakeIndex assumes that all page numbers are either arabic or lower-case
roman numerals; it assumes that pages numbered with roman ...
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Is it possible to change .ist (index style) file parameters mid-document?
Apart from the general document layout, the layout and formatting of indexes depend on two things:
The parameters of .ist (index style) files that are used by makeindex when transforming raw index ...
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created a fixed page number of an index entry
(First, I would like to state that I am aware that this is a ridiculous and idiotic question. It is for the purpose of a ridiculous and idiotic joke.)
I'd like to use \index to add an entry that will ...
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Capitalization of Titles and Headers
I'm attempting to capitalize certain titles or headings in my LaTeX file. Specifically, if I want to use \printindex, \listoffigures, or \listoftables the title heading on each of these will be ...
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multiple indexing [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How can I have 2 or more distinct indexes in LaTeX?
I would like to have 3 index sections: one for the biological species, second for chemicals and the third for other ...
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Creating a Word Index for a Book
I'm writing a book using memoir with a lot of technical words. I want to have an index at the end, which, for each word or term I choose, will refer the reader to the relevant pages. Is there any ...
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Group glossaries by first letter
I am using glossaries with xindy. It groups entries by first letter and puts a vertical space between groups. How can I change the style of output to show the starting letter for each group at the ...
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Makeindex - Styling the \printindex?
I have two questions:
Is it possible to change the titel of the printindex command? It is "Index" by default.
How can I format the index as a multi column, alphabetic sorted list?
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Farsi alphabet order for glossary
I am using glossaries with makeidx in a Farsi document with xepersian. Currently it sorts the output using Arabic alphabet order and places words starting with گ, چ, پ and ژ at the end of list. How ...
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Using BibTeX file .bib in creating an authors index [closed]
Is there any way to automatically create an authors index from a BibTeX .bib file? Not related to what is actually cited in the text? All I have found up till now was the authorindex package and this ...
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Can I put pdf bookmarks of the alphabetic “sections” of the index?
Is there any way to (automagically) create pdf bookmarks for each "section" of the index? A "section" in the index is for each letter of the alphabet. Make sense?
Is there a way to do this?
Minimal ...
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Index not created in pdf output, even though idx file is present
I have a document that has \usepackage{makeidx} and \makeindex in the preamble and \printindex inside the document body. An .idx file is created when I compile, no errors are signalled, still there is ...
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Creating an index with sub-sub-subentries
For my PhD thesis I need to make a list of works quoted. I thought that using the LaTeX index would be a good idea. But unfortunately I cannot have more than 3 levels in the index. BTW I am using the ...
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DB dump into LaTeX with Python and R?
I have quite a large index. I am planning to create a full-blown DB for it and later export the information to LaTeX. I am comfortable with R and Python so I would like to work with them but I feel ...
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Trouble with Texlipse and creating index
I have my project configured in Texlipse to create an index and I am issuing the \printindex command towards the bottom of my root TEX file. I have my files organized in a tree structure as indicated ...
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How to “clean” what is sent to the table of contents? (Remove index etc.)
I want to use markup commands such as \pkg{classicthesis} that not only typeset the entry, but that have side-effects such as adding a margin note or index entry. (See the example below.)
My problem ...
