Questions tagged [imakeidx]
Package that allows the index or indices, that are usually typeset at the very end of the document, are to be split and sorted so as to include them in the document itself. Note: this requires the `-shell-escape` option
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Index \see command not italicized in french document
I'm using imakeidx and polyglossia packages, main language: french.
I have a nice small index with some \see commands. But the word “voir“ (“see“ in french) printed in the document is not in italics.
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Indexing: a better way to handle “see” and “see also”?
I'm just getting into indexing with LaTeX, and I've got a problem. When making an index, it's often necessary to make one term refer to another. When the one term is a synonym of the other (e.g. soda ...
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Package hyperref disturb index setup
I am using hyperref and imakeidx packages. I'm trying to put semicolon before "see also" reference and to remove commas preceding first page number. I found @Alan Munn's solution to be not ...
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Is It Possible to Extend an Answer for Chronological Arrangement of Index Sub-entries?
A little while back, I ask how to arrange the sub-entries of a particular index entry in chronological order---
Customizing the Sub-entries of the Index for a Key Person Entry
and egreg provided a ...
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Customizing the Sub-entries of the Index for a Key Person Entry
Consider the subsequent Index which is generated by the following code:
\documentclass[12pt]{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\begin{document}
\large
\par ...
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texindy style: How do I fill the lines with dots?
I would like to build an a few Indices for a document that contain names in several languages. I understand from reading around that the way to go is imakeidx and to use texindy for the processing......
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Error when using imakeidx and xwatermark
I was editing a text that carries a watermark and decided to add an index. Everything was going fine until at some point an error message came out. After debugging I could identify the issue.
There is ...
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Separating words in index into sections starting with the first letter in bold
I am typesetting a Malayalam book using xelatex. It has two indices, namely, "name" and "subject", for which I am using imakeidx. Now, I would like to separate the list of words ...
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Sorting problem in index using imakeidx
I am doing a book in Malayalam using xelatex. The book has two indices, namely, name and subject, to generate which I am using imakeidx. However, some of the index terms are in English. They should ...
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Is there a way to use the line number (lineno) in makeidx?
Is it possible to use the numbers from the lineno package as the counter in imakeidx? As the MWE below shows, I tried using xpatch to change the counter for the index to thelinenumber, but without ...
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Path to index-processor with imakeidx
I need to use an older version of xindy for my indexing because of a bug/change in the up-to-date version that comes with texlive. Thus I'd like to specify the path to imakeidx to save me the trouble ...
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“Numbers” heading in custom index with bibleref package
I'm getting some odd behavior in my Scripture index using the bibleref package and a style file. The word "Numbers" is unexplicably appearing as a header in the index.
MWE:
\documentclass{...
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Problem with imakeidx in xetex document
I am trying to create two indexes for a Malayalam book using xelatex. After trying a few other packages I came to imakeidx in which I could create an English article using both pdflatex and xelatex ...
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Create single column index with future items and no title
I have a document where I mention external references, sometimes more than once. I want an index of these mentions somewhere at the beginning of the document. And I do not want a title above. And I ...
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imakeidx does not run makeindex when output-directory is set and named index does not work
I'm trying to make a document with an index. I have two issues with that (probably both caused by the first. I use the package imakeidx since that should run makeindex automatically, but it does not. ...
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author indexing with natbib and imakeidx
I'm hoping to produce an index of cited authors. I'm using imakeidx and natbib and calling \citeindextrue in the document, but the citations simply do not seem to register in the resulting .idx file (...
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I am using TexShop 4.27. I have question regarding page numbers on the first page of indexes
I am using document class scrbook. I have four indexes in my book. I want Indexes to appear in the TOC. So I used \chapter command for this. But then I get page number on the first page of each index, ...
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reledmac + imakeidx: change the suffix appended to the reference number in the index according to the footnote series
I have one apparatus of variants and one of interpolated verses. I need to index words that are in the two apparatuses and I would like the suffix defined by the command \ledinnotemark to change ...
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Multiple indexes in memoir
I am using the memoir class and would like to create two indexes: One for general terms and one for names. Following the documentation in "The Memoir Class for Configurable Typesetting" by Peter ...
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Creating an Index of Locations with Biblatex and Imakeidx
I would like to send the "address" field of my bibliography into an index (not the default one)
My code is not working:
% !BIB TS-program = biber
% !BIB program = biber
% !TEX encoding = UTF-8 ...
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imakeidx \indexprologue : how to choose the space between title and prologue?
I have found the fantastic function \indexprologuefrom ``ìmakeidx```. It has an argument controlling the space between the prologue and the index' entries. But what about the space between the title ...
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imakeidx: How to enter a mathematical symbol?
I have a file with a math-symbol in the Index, that works fine with the combination of imakeidx/makeindex but reverting it to imakeidx/xindy it just won't work:
\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage[...
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Index with imakeidx does not page break
I am trying to write a rather long index. But it does not split at the end of the page... It goes through the margin and even further.
Does any one know how to do this ?
Here is my code and the ...
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Index at beginning of document: imakeidx
I'm trying to create a document with two indices, one of which must appear near the very beginning. There are two old questions about this sort of thing here and here. A solution seems to be to use ...
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Index layout: subitems on the same line as entries
I am trying to get this kind of index :
I am using book documentclass and imakeidx.
Does anyone know how to get this kind of aspect?
I guess it has to do with the .ist file, but I don't really know ...
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Unwanted white spaces between index entries
I have a very long index and I'm using a layout which you can find here, with an MWE: Fix the layout of index with imakeidx: a new implementation.
It prints here and here unwanted white spaces ...
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Split an index entry between two lines
Is it possible to break an entry between two lines (the reference in a line and page number in another)? I have an index with long entries and I see that it never happens, something causing big white ...
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Fix the layout of index with imakeidx: a new implementation
With an ingenious very different implementation, in this answer egreg helped me to obtain a custom style of index with imakeidx package. Although the layout is the one desired, it sometimes does not ...
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Headings within index
I am writing currently on a mathematical text using latex. In the end of the text, there is a section including two indices: An index of words and an index of mathematical symbols:
\documentclass[...
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How to index company names in figures?
I am writing an article in TeX and use the imakeidx package to generate an index at the end of my document. This works well as long as the selected word is in the text. However, I also have a lot of ...
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How to define customized keyboard shortkeys in TeXstudio?
I am writing an article in TeXstudio and want to include an index that contains (many) selected keywords that have already been written. To do so, I use the imakeidx package. Is there a possibility to ...
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Is there a shortcut in Overleaf for indexing selected words?
I am writing a text in Overleaf and want to include an index that contains (many) selected words. To do so, I use the imakeidx package. Is there a possibility to define a shortcut or a keyboard hotkey ...
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Is there any way to define a command such that it prints page numbers of its argument in the whole document?
Is there any way to define a command such that it prints page numbers of pages containing the exact word of its argument in the whole document?
For example call this command \mycmd{}. by using \mycmd{...
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\indexsetup and intoc from imakeidx package problem
I'm writing a little documentation in which I'll use some indexes per section, everything is OK using the default options of the imakeidx package, but, when trying to use \indexsetup things don't work ...
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Change Layout for makeidx or imakeidx
i want to change the default layout of my index. Need to use makeidx instead of imakeidx because i need it at the beginning of the document (found out that it is not possible with imakeidx)
I was not ...
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imakeidx: How can I hyphenate entries of two consecutive pages?
So I'm using imakeidx and everything is going pretty well. By default, the final index delimits page ranges of two or fewer with a comma and three or more with an en-dash. For example:
Index ...
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Index entries and ancient Greek language
I'm using the package polyglossia and I'm building the index with imakeidx. One index, which contains greek words, does not follow the correct alphabetical order.
How could I do to get a correct ...
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How to disable ranges with makeindex, instead showing list of pages
I'm using imakeidx to create an index, together with makedindex. In case, an entry is indexed in several consecutive pages, a range is shown (e.g., 5-7).
How to disable such ranges and show a list ...
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Multiple \seealso under one index entry with imakeidx and texindy
I need to have several seealso under one index entry. I tried several ways to get this work. First variant (see below) produces semicolons between entries but I need commas as separators. Other ...
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Print index entry name in text
I have an article document using indexes like the following:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex
\begin{document}
This is a text, and it contains the index entry text.\index{...
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douple counting in imakeidx
I am writting on a scientific paper with genealogical content. Therefore, many many names occur in my file. Hence, I made an index of all names with imakeidx. Now to my problem:
Sometimes, two ...
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Index in Appendix
I have asked this question in another forum (Link: https://golatex.de/index-im-appendix-t22448.html), but have not received a satisfied answer. I wanted to set my "register of persons" in the appendix ...
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A doubt with makeidx and imakeidx
I was revisiting a .tex file in book style and now I don´t know how the index was created.
I´ve the following:
\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{book}
\usepackage{ebgaramond}
\usepackage[latin1]{inputenc}...
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Using xstring to generate index keys
I have a document containing many instances of an environment with a mandatory argument providing a short "tag." These tags are something like "M04", and I've written a macro using xstring which ...
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Eliminate column balancing on last page of index
I am using the solution from How can I prevent a column break before the first sub-entry in the index? in my index. However, that has a bad side effect on the last page of the index in that the index ...
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Apply formatting to selected page numbers of index
I would like to apply a formatting to some of the page numbers in an index. In the MWE below, when I use \index{} the page number should be in black and when I use \MyIndex{} the page number should ...
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\leavevmode@ifvmode undefined for xindy/texindy?
I was getting "The control sequence at the end of the top line" referring to \leavevmodeifvmode for all my entries in an .ind file. Each entry of \indexentry in the idx file is translated to
\item \...
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Auto index complicated formulas with catcode
original post
Below is the minimally working code for a program that I am working on. My problem is that when I used more complicated code, it doesn't index automatically at the end.
\documentclass{...
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How do I fix the error cross-reference-class in texindy?
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\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\begin{filecontents*}{tmp.xdy}
(markup-index :open "\begin{theindex}\...
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imakeidx in greek
The issue: Using imakeidx for indexing in greek language the result is not in the right alphabetical order. I tried to use xindy-package also, but with no success.
The right alphabetical order in ...
