Hello Kamal Could you give me more instruction on how to define an ist file. A working example would be fine. I have to create two columns index.
Thanks Houda > From: [email protected] > Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:01:54 +1100 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [XeTeX] arabic > > Hello Kamal, > > On 22/10/2010, at 12:39 PM, Kamal Abdali wrote: > > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 03:17, Ulrike Fischer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Am Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:20:47 -0400 schrieb Kamal Abdali: > > >... > > > Makeindex reads the idx file for sorting the indices. Probably, it finds > > > the > > > non-Western numerals undecipherable. > > > > Yes, makeindex needs to understand numbers to be able to build page > > ranges and sort the page numbers. As default it understands the > > standard digits, alphabetic and roman page numbers. > > > > If you would redefine \thepage to e.g. \renewcommand\thepage{Page > > \arabic{page}} you would run into problems in an english document > > too. > > > > I would suggest that you try xindy. > > > > > > Thanks, Ulrike, for the xindy recommendation. A recent tendency in Urdu > > publications (which concern me most) is to use Western numerals, so > > Makeindex will work partially. But in general xindy will be unavoidable. > > Well, I don't think it is unavoidable at all. > > You can define your own .ist (index-style) file for use > with makeindex . > Then you can ensure that a LaTeX macro reads the page-number > and converts it into the language form that you desire. > > Makeindex is extremely flexible, just as is Xindy. > You may need a bit of experience writing the correct LaTeX > macro to use, and have it applied appropriately, just as you'll > need to gain experience using Xindy, if you go down that path. > > > > > > Kamal Abdali > > > Hope this helps, > > Ross > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Ross Moore [email protected] > Mathematics Department office: E7A-419 > Macquarie University tel: +61 (0)2 9850 8955 > Sydney, Australia 2109 fax: +61 (0)2 9850 8114 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
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