On Sat, 22 Jan 2005, Uwe St�hr wrote:
> Not with LyX :-( but you could search in the LyX-file for "\index{" with a
> text editor of your choice.
Uwe,
The reason I appear so clueless about searching the text file is that when
I'm working within LyX I just don't think of using another tool to make
corrections. I should do such thinking, but it is just not my mind-set at
the time.
> Searching in index entries is a nice feature request, that you should post
> on LyX's bugzilla.
OK. I will. I already requested that the gray "idx" box hold the index
string (as does an ERT indicator box) rather than just "idx". Perhaps both
features are related.
On a different, but still LyX-related topic, I used LyX to prepare and
typeset 18 pages of comments from my review of a resource agency draft
report. The initial reaction of those who saw it and flipped through the
pages was, "Wow!". That is obviously to the visual impression made by the
typeset output and not by my cleverness, erudition and masterly-insightful
writing because they hadn't gotten to that part yet.
This is one of the reasons I like LyX/LaTeX so much. Along with well
produced maps (in full color, of course, and only when appropriate), the
visual impact immediately catches the reader's attention and makes them more
receptive to the ideas contained in the document. I've seen this for years
and no longer question the psychological value of a good presentation.
Many thanks,
Rich
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