On 20 Apr 2011, Anthony Campbell wrote: > I found that Lyx was not generating the index with at least two files I > tried it on. > > After a lot of experimentation I managed to get an index using a > semi-manual method: > > 1. Export the file as latex (luatex and possibly other formats work). > 2. Run latex on myfile.tex (did it twice) > 3. Run makeindex on myfile.idx. > 4, Run latex again on myfile.tex > > > After doing all this, LyX does show the index when I view the file. Is > this a bug I should report or am I doing something wrong? I tried > setting Document>Settings>Indexes to different processors (makeindex, > xindy, and texindy) but no joy. > > It looks as if LyX doesn't automatically generate myfile.idx on my > setup; I have to do it manually. > > Anthony >
OK, I got it working in the end by setting Document>Settings>Indexes to makeindex. I had thought that didn't do anything but then I found I needed to save, quit and reload LyX to make it operative. The background to this is that there is currently a bug in clisp for Debian which prevents xindy from working; LyX was trying to use xindy as the default so nothing was happening. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - a...@acampbell.org.uk Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell
