Re: Index entries: Wiki
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Nice! You seem to know your way around pmwiki markup unusually well! I made some very minor twaking of the markup to show some alternative methods (nothing wrong with what you did, this is just to enocurage you further :-) * No need for [=..=] around a word such as LyX these days * Added '||border=0 cellspacing=5px' to get more space aroudn the table cells * Used '\' as a continuation character of long lines * '-' to create an indented paragraph * '--' even more indented paragraph * %preamble%...%% and %menu%...%% (although the menu style doesn't seem defined, strange) * [EMAIL PROTECTED]@] to get monospace and the effect of [=...=] Best regards /Christian (R) -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Index entries: Wiki
Looks better indeed :-), and I'll note the markup hints, many thanks! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Nice! You seem to know your way around pmwiki markup unusually well! I made some very minor twaking of the markup to show some alternative methods (nothing wrong with what you did, this is just to enocurage you further :-) * No need for [=..=] around a word such as LyX these days * Added '||border=0 cellspacing=5px' to get more space aroudn the table cells * Used '\' as a continuation character of long lines * '-' to create an indented paragraph * '--' even more indented paragraph * %preamble%...%% and %menu%...%% (although the menu style doesn't seem defined, strange) * [EMAIL PROTECTED]@] to get monospace and the effect of [=...=] Best regards /Christian (R) -- Christian Liesen Universität Zürich Institut für Sonderpädagogik Sonderforschungsbereich Hirschengraben 48 8001 Zürich University of Zurich Institute for Special Education Research Unit Hirschengraben 48 CH-8001 Zurich Tel +41 44 634 3130 Fax +41 44 634 4941 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Index entries: Wiki
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Nice! You seem to know your way around pmwiki markup unusually well! I made some very minor twaking of the markup to show some alternative methods (nothing wrong with what you did, this is just to enocurage you further :-) * No need for [=..=] around a word such as LyX these days * Added '||border=0 cellspacing=5px' to get more space aroudn the table cells * Used '\' as a continuation character of long lines * '-' to create an indented paragraph * '--' even more indented paragraph * %preamble%...%% and %menu%...%% (although the menu style doesn't seem defined, strange) * [EMAIL PROTECTED]@] to get monospace and the effect of [=...=] Best regards /Christian (R) -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Index entries: Wiki
Looks better indeed :-), and I'll note the markup hints, many thanks! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Nice! You seem to know your way around pmwiki markup unusually well! I made some very minor twaking of the markup to show some alternative methods (nothing wrong with what you did, this is just to enocurage you further :-) * No need for [=..=] around a word such as LyX these days * Added '||border=0 cellspacing=5px' to get more space aroudn the table cells * Used '\' as a continuation character of long lines * '-' to create an indented paragraph * '--' even more indented paragraph * %preamble%...%% and %menu%...%% (although the menu style doesn't seem defined, strange) * [EMAIL PROTECTED]@] to get monospace and the effect of [=...=] Best regards /Christian (R) -- Christian Liesen Universität Zürich Institut für Sonderpädagogik Sonderforschungsbereich Hirschengraben 48 8001 Zürich University of Zurich Institute for Special Education Research Unit Hirschengraben 48 CH-8001 Zurich Tel +41 44 634 3130 Fax +41 44 634 4941 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Index entries: Wiki
On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Nice! You seem to know your way around pmwiki markup unusually well! I made some very minor twaking of the markup to show some alternative methods (nothing wrong with what you did, this is just to enocurage you further :-) * No need for [=..=] around a word such as LyX these days * Added '||border=0 cellspacing=5px' to get more space aroudn the table cells * Used '\' as a continuation character of long lines * '->' to create an indented paragraph * '-->' even more indented paragraph * %preamble%...%% and %menu%...%% (although the menu style doesn't seem defined, strange) * [EMAIL PROTECTED]@] to get monospace and the effect of [=...=] Best regards /Christian (R) -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
Re: Index entries: Wiki
Looks better indeed :-), and I'll note the markup hints, many thanks! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 3 Jun 2007, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Nice! You seem to know your way around pmwiki markup unusually well! I made some very minor twaking of the markup to show some alternative methods (nothing wrong with what you did, this is just to enocurage you further :-) * No need for [=..=] around a word such as LyX these days * Added '||border=0 cellspacing=5px' to get more space aroudn the table cells * Used '\' as a continuation character of long lines * '->' to create an indented paragraph * '-->' even more indented paragraph * %preamble%...%% and %menu%...%% (although the menu style doesn't seem defined, strange) * [EMAIL PROTECTED]@] to get monospace and the effect of [=...=] Best regards /Christian (R) -- Christian Liesen Universität Zürich Institut für Sonderpädagogik Sonderforschungsbereich Hirschengraben 48 8001 Zürich University of Zurich Institute for Special Education Research Unit Hirschengraben 48 CH-8001 Zurich Tel +41 44 634 3130 Fax +41 44 634 4941 E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Index entries: Wiki
I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Jürgen pointed me to an easy and elegant way for specifying the font for the index entries. Many thanks! -- Christian
Re: Index entries: Wiki
On Sunday 03 June 2007 08:25, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Jürgen pointed me to an easy and elegant way for specifying the font for the index entries. Many thanks! -- Christian Excellent Christian -- I wish it had been there 2 weeks ago when I was indexing my newly completed book :-) You or someone else might want to document seealso, which is basically the same syntax as see. This next comment is partly tongue in cheek, but contains a nugget of truth: Has oneone found a way to make indexing less depressing? Every time I index a book, by the end of the day I feel like I've been working in the sewer all day, and really need to take a shower. It's some of the most distasteful work I've ever done (and I've done some pretty distasteful work). Is there some type of music you can put on to make it better? Is there a mantra, or philosophy you can adopt to make you feel better while indexing? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Re: Index entries: Wiki
I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Jürgen pointed me to an easy and elegant way for specifying the font for the index entries. Many thanks! -- Christian
Re: Index entries: Wiki
On Sunday 03 June 2007 08:25, Christian Liesen wrote: I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Jürgen pointed me to an easy and elegant way for specifying the font for the index entries. Many thanks! -- Christian Excellent Christian -- I wish it had been there 2 weeks ago when I was indexing my newly completed book :-) You or someone else might want to document seealso, which is basically the same syntax as see. This next comment is partly tongue in cheek, but contains a nugget of truth: Has oneone found a way to make indexing less depressing? Every time I index a book, by the end of the day I feel like I've been working in the sewer all day, and really need to take a shower. It's some of the most distasteful work I've ever done (and I've done some pretty distasteful work). Is there some type of music you can put on to make it better? Is there a mantra, or philosophy you can adopt to make you feel better while indexing? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/
Re: Index entries: Wiki
I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 Jürgen pointed me to an easy and elegant way for specifying the font for the index entries. Many thanks! -- Christian
Re: Index entries: Wiki
On Sunday 03 June 2007 08:25, Christian Liesen wrote: > I've updated the part on formatting index entries with LyX on the Wiki: > http://wiki.lyx.org/Tips/Indexing#toc2 > > Jürgen pointed me to an easy and elegant way for specifying the font for > the index entries. Many thanks! > > -- Christian Excellent Christian -- I wish it had been there 2 weeks ago when I was indexing my newly completed book :-) You or someone else might want to document seealso, which is basically the same syntax as see. This next comment is partly tongue in cheek, but contains a nugget of truth: Has oneone found a way to make indexing less depressing? Every time I index a book, by the end of the day I feel like I've been working in the sewer all day, and really need to take a shower. It's some of the most distasteful work I've ever done (and I've done some pretty distasteful work). Is there some type of music you can put on to make it better? Is there a mantra, or philosophy you can adopt to make you feel better while indexing? Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Author: Universal Troubleshooting Process books and courseware http://www.troubleshooters.com/
