a flexible indexing program for generating book-like indexes in TeX and LaTeX, the roff-family, SGML/XML-based systems
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How to configure TexStudio editor to use Xindy?
I am using TexStudio editor for LaTeXing, I want to use Xindy engine though for indexing, in the commands of TexStudio, I found there is a default command for texdindy as in the image below. But how ...
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texindy equivalence to makeindex settings
I'm currently using makeindex to generate an index and was advised by @egreg to use xindy instead to properly manage accents in French. However, I can't find how to reproduce my current settings:
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Glossaries, polyglossia, xindy, naiive and ï
I'm getting error:
ERROR: READ: comma is illegal outside of backquote
when executing: polyglossia together with \"{\i}
placed in the name field of newglossaryentry
Also, it seems to have something ...
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Problems with xindy and glossaries
I'm having a bit of a problem creating a glossary.
I'm working with a MacBook using Mountain Lion OS 10.8.3, I've installed MacTeX 2012 and details about xindy are:
xindy release: 2.4
xindy script ...
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How to configure Xindy in TeXnicCenter
I'm using TeXnicCenter with TeX Live and want to switch from MakeIndex to Xindy. Is it enough to change the path of the compiler in the profile section to xindy.exe, or do I have change the parameters ...
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An index of nested subitems, indented, and hyperlinked
Background
Looking to indent an arbitrary n-level hierarchy within an index and have hyperlinks for the final item, using the memoir class and pdfTeX 3.1415926-2.4-1.40.13 (TeX Live 2012).
For ...
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Indexing through texindy in imakeidx with custom .xdy style fails to produce desired order in index
I am trying to produce an index using texindy through the imakeidx make that follows the Sanskrit alphabetical order. I am working in XeLaTeX.
I created a custom .xdy style file to be called as an ...
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Distinct formatted page numbers with glossaries and Xindy
This is somewhat related to this question, but using Xindy as a backend, not makeindex.
I am attempting to create an index using glossaries, and in this index some page numbers have a special ...
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Xindy, french, UTF-8 and Mac
I'am on MacOsX with a MacTeX installation.
I would like to use xindy to automatically make an index of my bibliographical references, which can have some diacritics.
I work with XeLaTeX, so in ...
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Why does \let\oldindex not work in this code?
This is a follow-up question to: How to make indexed words clickable
in the text?
I'm having two problems with the code given by @Stephen.
If I use the following code to redefine the \index ...
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How can I convince hyperref and xindy to play together nicely?
I'm using xindy to generate indexes for a manual that gets translated into multiple languages. Unfortunately, hyperref and xindy don't like to play nicely together. I found some older mailing list ...
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Why Glossaries with Xindy unable to execute（cannot find the correct PATH)?
After I compiled a tex file by xelatex, I use Glosarries with Xindy to make a index, it reported:
$ makeglossaries test
makeglossaries version 2.04 (2012-05-19)
added glossary type 'main' ...
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Xindy error with latexmk [closed]
When I compile my documents with glossaries with latexmk, I frequently seem to be getting the following error:
Collected error summary (may duplicate other messages):
cusdep acn acr grammar: ...
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How to use Xindy with MiKTeX?
As probably widely is known, the indexing tool Xindy is not included in the TeX distribution MiKTeX. Because MakeIndex does not work well with Unicode, but Xindy does, I therefore have a question:
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Xindy: Encapsulations for Index
Well, I struggled to improve my index generated by Xindy. I tried to add several entries with bold page numbers by using \index{...|textbf} as classified in latex-loc-fmts.xdy, without any success.
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How to use a glossary with xindy that is not displayed [closed]
According to several posts in the web the following error is related to not displaying the glossary:
Error in line 426:
; additional letter groups
(define-letter-group "glsnumbers"
:prefixes ...
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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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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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xindy cannot open the temp file
I have encountered a problem by using xindy within glossaries. After the first call of pdflatex, I gave makeglossaries mytex in command line. Unfortunately, I got the error
"LOAD: A file with ...
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Using “ä”, “ö” and “ü” with glossaries-Package
I am trying to write my 'Matura work' for school in LaTeX. Therefore I am using MacTeX and Texshop and normally it works pretty fine.
But at the moment I have some trouble with a glossary entry:
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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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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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How to display proper ranges in index using Xindy and XeLaTeX?
When I generate my index with XeLaTeX using xindy as described here: How to use xindy with XeTeX/LuaTeX? I struggle with proper ranges being displayed. Essentially, the dashes are missing and the page ...
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How to use xindy with XeTeX/LuaTeX?
According to Xindy revisited: Multi-lingual index creation for the UTF-8 age (TUGboat), “if one has a raw index file that was produced by [XeTeX], one can use xindy; it will ‘just work’.”
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xindy : how to add new letters and lettergroups to the alphabet?
How to define a style file that adds a couple of extra letters to the latin alphabet, and the corresponding lettergroups?
I'm using the index package, and compiling the .idx files with texindy like ...
