makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all,

Remember a few days ago I asked how to get rid of 1 page ranges? That led to 
an investigation of makeindex and makeindex style files, which led to this 
documentation:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/makeindex.htm

There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has a man 
page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's 
understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

Enjoy!

SteveT

Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts


Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote:

 There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has a
 man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's
 understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

Thanks for this. However, personally I'd recommend everybody to switch from
makeindex to xindy. It's so much ahead of makeindex (especially if you're
not writing in American English)
http://xindy.sourceforge.net/

Jürgen



Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 13:58, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
 Steve Litt wrote:
  There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has
  a man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's
  understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

 Thanks for this. However, personally I'd recommend everybody to switch from
 makeindex to xindy. It's so much ahead of makeindex (especially if you're
 not writing in American English)
 http://xindy.sourceforge.net/

 Jürgen

Oops:

Unknown host xindy.sourceforge.net

Any other URL?

SteveT


Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote:

 Unknown host xindy.sourceforge.net

Strange. Works for me.
 
 Any other URL?

Not for the official homepage. But you can find information on it all
overall the net. For instance:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xindy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xindy

Jürgen




makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all,

Remember a few days ago I asked how to get rid of 1 page ranges? That led to 
an investigation of makeindex and makeindex style files, which led to this 
documentation:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/makeindex.htm

There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has a man 
page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's 
understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

Enjoy!

SteveT

Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts


Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote:

 There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has a
 man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's
 understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

Thanks for this. However, personally I'd recommend everybody to switch from
makeindex to xindy. It's so much ahead of makeindex (especially if you're
not writing in American English)
http://xindy.sourceforge.net/

Jürgen



Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 13:58, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
 Steve Litt wrote:
  There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has
  a man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's
  understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

 Thanks for this. However, personally I'd recommend everybody to switch from
 makeindex to xindy. It's so much ahead of makeindex (especially if you're
 not writing in American English)
 http://xindy.sourceforge.net/

 Jürgen

Oops:

Unknown host xindy.sourceforge.net

Any other URL?

SteveT


Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote:

 Unknown host xindy.sourceforge.net

Strange. Works for me.
 
 Any other URL?

Not for the official homepage. But you can find information on it all
overall the net. For instance:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xindy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xindy

Jürgen




makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
Hi all,

Remember a few days ago I asked how to get rid of 1 page ranges? That led to 
an investigation of makeindex and makeindex style files, which led to this 
documentation:

http://www.troubleshooters.com/linux/lyx/makeindex.htm

There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has a man 
page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's 
understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

Enjoy!

SteveT

Steve Litt
Books written in LyX:
Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist
Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting: Just the Facts


Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote:

> There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has a
> man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's
> understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.

Thanks for this. However, personally I'd recommend everybody to switch from
makeindex to xindy. It's so much ahead of makeindex (especially if you're
not writing in American English)
http://xindy.sourceforge.net/

Jürgen



Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Steve Litt
On Tuesday 06 May 2008 13:58, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> Steve Litt wrote:
> > There are many articles about makeindex on the web, and of course it has
> > a man page. What makes the Troubleshooters.Com article different is it's
> > understandable by someone not familiar with makeindex.
>
> Thanks for this. However, personally I'd recommend everybody to switch from
> makeindex to xindy. It's so much ahead of makeindex (especially if you're
> not writing in American English)
> http://xindy.sourceforge.net/
>
> Jürgen

Oops:

"Unknown host xindy.sourceforge.net"

Any other URL?

SteveT


Re: makeindex documentation on Troubleshooters.Com

2008-05-06 Thread Juergen Spitzmueller
Steve Litt wrote:

> "Unknown host xindy.sourceforge.net"

Strange. Works for me.
 
> Any other URL?

Not for the official homepage. But you can find information on it all
overall the net. For instance:

http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/help/Catalogue/entries/xindy.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xindy

Jürgen