Questions tagged [imakeidx]
{imakeidx} is for questions about the imakeidx package that allows for the index or indices, that are usually typeset at the very end of the document, 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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How to sort Bible books properly when using \bibleref and \imakeidx
I expect my Bible index to sort biblical books like 1-2 Samuel, 1-2 Kings, and 1-2 Chronicles under Hebrew Bible. But they are sorted after New Testament and I need help to sort them properly.
My MWE:
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How to index text that spans several pages?
I'm sure this is built into the index command or a similar command but my google searches are coming up empty. I want to index text that spans several pages. So, something like the MWE below. (Though ...
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Can I index a body word\index{body word} without having to write "body word" 2x?
I'm making my first index. The MWE below writes the word "once" to the index but not to the body. So, I need to write once\index{once} if I want the text in the body and the index. I can ...
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Combine or look up index from another book
I'm writing two books. Assume one is Thanking in Java (the J book), and the other is Thanking in C# (the C book). Each book has its own index. The MWE is the following.
java.tex
\documentclass[]{...
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Manipulating the Page Numbers of Index Entries
I am creating document containing a list of quotations from a very long book, each quotation associated with a page number (from the book). I would like to create an index to the document containing ...
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How to change the name of an index entry
I'm using the package imakeidx to index a book I'm writing, but I have run into a small issue. I tried scanning the documentation to see if there was a way to change the name of what is being indexed ...
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Remove stretch between index entries
These are the gaps I'm talking about. This seems similar to what happens when using \flushbottom.
For context, I am using imakeidx with memoir.
I've tried turning on \raggedbottom and setting \parskip ...
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Detect page break between items in a list
My goal is to find out whether a page break occurs between subsubitems and if so, repeat the item and subitem. Specifically, I’m trying to get the main etry and subentry of one of my makeindx ...
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Making repeatindex play nicely with imakeidx and glossaries
This is a follow-up question to my earlier question. My goal is to get repeatindex to work the way it was designed: to repeat the main index item at the top of every new page. The answer given to my ...
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Repeat subentry imakidx index on new pages
I'm using imakeidx to create long indexes that span several pages. In case the (sub)subentries extend to new pages, I would like the main entry (plus subentry) to be repeated at the top of the page. ...
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Imakeidx fails on LuaLaTeX
I had to switch from makeindex to imakeidx due to this accents related issue, but I get the error Missing \begin{document}. I'm running lualatex-dev.exe in TeXnicCenter, the parameters of makeindex....
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How to make index appear on table of contents [duplicate]
I've been trying to make index appear on table of contents. I tried many solutions I found (including this question here for which all the solutions haven't worked How to add \printindex to ...
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Indexing Question Numbers
I'm typesetting a math book. Since the book spirals, and there are different types of questions in each assignment, I'd like a simple way to refer students to problem types.
I tried using a simple ...
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Problem combining hyperref and imakeidx in book parts
I have a book with different parts. I number the chapters and pages per part, using the \numberwithin command. I have defined an index per part using {imakeidx} and {hyperref}. The indices list the ...
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Why is Pgfpages with the Pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1} Command Not Picking Up the Index? [duplicate]
The following code
\documentclass[openany]{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{pgfpages}
%\pgfpagesuselayout{2 on 1}
\begin{document}
\LARGE
Some words.\index{...
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How to Specify the Gap Between Index Entries
The code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
\usepackage[itemlayout=singlepar]{idxlayout}
\begin{document}
\LARGE
This is the first paragraph.\index{...
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Package imakeidx not printing index voices/items into the Index chapter
Good evening everyone.
I have a problem with the package imakeidx, coding on Overleaf (XeTeX engine, TeX Live 2021) a master's thesis. This is an example of my main.tex document, which produces the ...
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Line breaks in \index commands cause same entries to appear as different ones in the index
If there are two \index{} commands containing the same string, but one with a line
break, then that item appears as two different items in the index. See the MWE
below (copy it with the line break in ...
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How to add category "Figures" before "A" in index?
I'd like to create a category (letter group) named "Figures" before the first letter
"A" in the index. The following correctly puts "Figure description, 1" in
its own ...
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How to Prevent Idxlayout's Placement of a Semicolon within the Content of an Index Entry for Paragraph-Type Delineations
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
%\usepackage[itemlayout=singlepar]{idxlayout}
\begin{document}
\Large
Some words.\index{Examples@\...
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How to Delineate All Index Entries Under a Heading Horizontally as a Paragraph
Consider the code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\Large
Some words.\index{Heading@\textbf{Heading}! 1. This is ...
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Adding a Period After the Page Number When Using Idxlayout
Consider the code
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\begin{document}
\Large
\noindent Some words.\index{\textbf{How to add a period after the page ...
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avoiding gap on the left in index when multiple entries
When I am making an index with multiple columns and when a word is indexed a big number of times, sometimes it appears on two lines, or more, in the index. But in the lines after the first one, there ...
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Add number, inside the table of contents, to the Index printed with \printindex from imakeidx
I have almost done with my document, but the problem is that when I print my Index, the table of contents is not showing me the corresponding number (I want to make it as a chapter). So, I used
\...
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Defining a "See, for Example, Someplace Else in the Index" Command
Consider the following code:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\newcommand{\forexample}[2]{\emph{ See, for example,} #1}
\begin{document}
\large
Some ...
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Difference Between Filecontents and Filecontents* and When to Use One Instead of the Other
I have recently been experimenting with different ways to replace the comma in the Index with a different symbol. The following code replaces the said comma with a blank space.
\begin{filecontents}{\...
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Using an \index format which changes based on section of the document
I am copying a long book with musical pieces throughout, set with gregorio tex. Each musical piece has a \label and is entered in one of several indexes created using imakeidx.
The document has ...
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How to Universally Remove the Comma from Each Index Entry
This question extends the one recently posed in How to Selectively Remove the Comma in an Index Entry
In the above post, it was answered that by inserting \newcommand\textbfnocomma[2]{\textbf{#1}} ...
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Setting the General Space Between the Letter Groups in an Index with \Indexspace
Update In light of David Carlisle's very helpful comment providing a simple, efficient solution to setting the space between letter groups in an idxlayout index, I have modified the title a bit to ...
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How to Allow Hyphenation in the Index While Forbidding It in the Rest of the Document
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\usepackage[none]{hyphenat} % To prevent hyphenation
\...
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Specifying the Index Font Size to be Other Than Normalsize or Small
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
%\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage[font=small]{idxlayout}
\usepackage{lipsum}
%\indexsetup{...
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See (Elsewhere) in the Index; What am I Doing Wrong?
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\begin{document}
\Large
Some words.\index{HEADING@\textbf{\textit{...
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A Blank Line Appears Between Consecutive Index Entries When Top Entry Extends Too Far to the Right
Consider the MWE
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\newcommand{\beforeheadspace}{.7ex}% <<<<<<<<<&...
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In Trying to Extend a Simon Dispa Answer for Adding Vertical Spacing at Certain Points in the Index---a Curious Thing Happened
This post relates to trying to extend Simon Dispa'a answer given in Prescribing Certain Vertical Spacing for Idxlayout
Consider the MWE
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\...
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Code Listing in second Index using imakeidx and macros
I am writing a LaTeX document containing Python code, which I include using the Listings package through a macro called \example{}. It uses another macro called \code{} that also uses the Listings ...
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How to Specify a Fixed Gap to Precede Each New Heading in the Index
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
%\usepackage[font=small]{idxlayout}
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\...
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Adjust Spacing Between the Comma and Page Number in the Index
Consider the code,
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\large
\noindent Some words.\index{How to adjust (i.e., ...
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Combination hyperref, imakeidx and glossaries: not sure how to get desired effect
When I embed a glossary entry as part of the argument for the index (example here: \index[m]{\gls{ccc}} ), the index groups the entry under 'symbols', rather than the begin letter of the glossary ...
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How to get an index entry pointing to the exact location, rather than the page
It's hard to find where exactly an indexed term is defined in my article, when reading the PDF version. When you click on the link in the index table, say for the keyword "Laplace distribution&...
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On the Placement of a "See Also" Index Comment
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
%\usepackage[font=normalsize]{idxlayout}
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{...
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Order of Entries in Index
I am working on an index of first lines for a poetry book and would like the punctuation of the lines NOT to affect the order in which they appear in the index. For example:
Now entries appear in the ...
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Modifying a Makeindex Algorithm to Remove Page Numbers on a Selective Basis Only
I have extracted the following code from an answer in Remove page number from index entries
which removes the page number from each index entry:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\usepackage{...
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A Disappearing Index Entry with Idxlayout
In the past, I have put together some rather large index entries in terms of content without encountering any problems.
However, I have discovered that when I add some color, there seems to be a ...
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Looking for an Optimal Way to Change the Font Size of Index Entries Only (Not Headings or Subheadings)
This post is a bit of an extension of the one posed in \indexsetup{othercode=\FONTSIZE} Not Changing Fontsize with Idxlayout
When one specifies an index font size with idxlayout as such: \usepackage[...
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\indexsetup{othercode=\FONTSIZE} Not Changing Fontsize with Idxlayout
Consider the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{lipsum}
%\usepackage[font=footnotesize]{idxlayout}
\...
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Prescribing Certain Vertical Spacing for Idxlayout
Consider the MWE
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\cleardoublepage\clearpage
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\usepackage{xcolor}
\begin{document}
\large
A sentence.\index{VON GOETHE@\...
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How to Make Index Recognize an Exclamation Point as Part of an Entry
I would like to add an entry in an index which makes use of an exclamation point as an article of grammar. However (of course), Latex treats it as if I want to begin a subentry.
Consider the following ...
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Getting Special Item Labels to be Cited Correctly in the Index
Consider the code
\documentclass[openany]{book}
\usepackage{tcolorbox}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\makeindex
\usepackage{idxlayout}
\makeatletter
\def\@wrindex#1#2{%
\imki@wrindexentrysplit {#1}{#2}{\...
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On Makeindex, Subentries, and Stackengine (and No Xindy)
It seems to be a well-known defect with \makeindex that the number of levels of an index entry is capped at three.
For example, if I run the code
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{imakeidx}
\let\...
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Changing the Letter Color of a Tikz Bclogo Index Heading
Consider the code
\RequirePackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\jobname.mst}
%delim_0 "\\IndexDotfill "
%delim_1 "\\IndexDotfill "
headings_flag 1
heading_prefix " \\...
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