Re: Indexing a book

2023-06-24 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 24 Jun 2023, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: With biblatex: indexing=cite in the bibliography options. Jürgen, Thank you. I'll read to learn more about biblatex. Regards, Rich -- lyx-users mailing list lyx-users@lists.lyx.org http://lists.lyx.org/mailman/listinfo/lyx-users

Re: Indexing a book

2023-06-24 Thread Jürgen Spitzmüller
Am Freitag, dem 23.06.2023 um 15:50 -0700 schrieb Rich Shepard: > I would like to add all cited authors to the index. > Pointers on how to do this (perhaps manually at each document > citation?) will be very helpful. With biblatex: indexing=cite in the bibliography options. -- Jürgen --

Re: indexing a book

2003-12-01 Thread Peter Harkins
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 07:54:12AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: Wouldn't it be useful to have a forum for scientific and technical writers (authors of other types of work would have equivalent fora) where the art and techniques of writing -- using LyX and LaTeX, of course -- could be shared?

Re: indexing a book

2003-12-01 Thread Peter Harkins
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 07:54:12AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: Wouldn't it be useful to have a forum for scientific and technical writers (authors of other types of work would have equivalent fora) where the art and techniques of writing -- using LyX and LaTeX, of course -- could be shared?

Re: indexing a book

2003-12-01 Thread Peter Harkins
On Fri, Nov 28, 2003 at 07:54:12AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > Wouldn't it be useful to have a forum for scientific and technical writers > (authors of other types of work would have equivalent fora) where the art > and techniques of writing -- using LyX and LaTeX, of course -- could be >

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-29 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 14:14, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's The Art of

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-29 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 14:14, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's The Art of

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-29 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 14:14, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: > > > I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. > > I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art > of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's "The

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a capability in LyX and whether someone has already

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Helge Hafting wrote: This advice is more work and stands in the way of automation. Still, it usually results in better books. Helge, I've not before needed to index anything I've written so Ed's concerns have suddenly become pertinent to my book. Your comments are very

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:04, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. Christian, et al.: I

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 05:08, Helge Hafting wrote: Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's The Art of Indexing. The most important insight I have gained so

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a capability in LyX and whether someone has already

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Helge Hafting wrote: This advice is more work and stands in the way of automation. Still, it usually results in better books. Helge, I've not before needed to index anything I've written so Ed's concerns have suddenly become pertinent to my book. Your comments are very

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:04, Rich Shepard wrote: On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. Christian, et al.: I

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 05:08, Helge Hafting wrote: Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's The Art of Indexing. The most important insight I have gained so

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Helge Hafting
Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a capability in LyX and whether someone has already

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, Helge Hafting wrote: > This advice is more work and stands in the way of automation. Still, it > usually results in better books. Helge, I've not before needed to index anything I've written so Ed's concerns have suddenly become pertinent to my book. Your comments are

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Thu, 2003-11-27 at 12:04, Rich Shepard wrote: > On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > > > If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the > > devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the > > index-boxes. > > Christian, et

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Ed Sawicki
On Fri, 2003-11-28 at 05:08, Helge Hafting wrote: > Ed Sawicki wrote: > > I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. > > The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that > > I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make > > indexing easier. I'm wondering whether

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-28 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: > I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. I hope that it is not considered too off-topic to ask here about the art of indexing. This morning I bought a copy of Larry Bonura's "The Art of Indexing". The most important insight I have gained so

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. You should

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
Subject: indexing a book From: Ed Sawicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:05:59 -0800 I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:05:59AM -0800, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. Christian, et al.: I believe the problem is not that index boxes are displayed,

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 12:04:48PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: What effort would be required to display an index box with the marked word/phrase as a lable, similar to the way ERT is displayed? In my book I've Not much effort regards john -- Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice by

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, John Levon wrote: What effort would be required to display an index box with the marked word/phrase as a lable, similar to the way ERT is displayed? In my book I've Not much effort john, Me: I move that such a change be made. Mr. Chairman: Anyone second the

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. You should

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
Subject: indexing a book From: Ed Sawicki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:05:59 -0800 I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:05:59AM -0800, Ed Sawicki wrote: I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking a

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. Christian, et al.: I believe the problem is not that index boxes are displayed,

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 12:04:48PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: What effort would be required to display an index box with the marked word/phrase as a lable, similar to the way ERT is displayed? In my book I've Not much effort regards john -- Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice by

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, John Levon wrote: What effort would be required to display an index box with the marked word/phrase as a lable, similar to the way ERT is displayed? In my book I've Not much effort john, Me: I move that such a change be made. Mr. Chairman: Anyone second the

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Christian Ridderström
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Ed Sawicki wrote: > The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that > I find annoying. If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the index-boxes. You should

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Jean-Pierre.Chretien
>>Subject: indexing a book >>From: Ed Sawicki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 07:05:59 -0800 >> >>I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. >>The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that >>I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 07:05:59AM -0800, Ed Sawicki wrote: > I love LyX but I dislike the way an index is created. > The indexed words are turned into boxes on the screen that > I find annoying. I'd also like a bit more automation to make > indexing easier. I'm wondering whether I'm overlooking

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Thu, 27 Nov 2003, Christian Ridderström wrote: > If you find the boxes annoying, send a suggestion/feature request/ to the > devel-list, saying that you'd like to have a way of _not_ displaying the > index-boxes. Christian, et al.: I believe the problem is not that index boxes are

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread John Levon
On Thu, Nov 27, 2003 at 12:04:48PM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: > What effort would be required to display an index box with the marked > word/phrase as a lable, similar to the way ERT is displayed? In my book I've Not much effort regards john -- Khendon's Law: If the same point is made twice

Re: indexing a book

2003-11-27 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 28 Nov 2003, John Levon wrote: > > What effort would be required to display an index box with the marked > > word/phrase as a lable, similar to the way ERT is displayed? In my book I've > > Not much effort john, Me: I move that such a change be made. Mr. Chairman: Anyone second