Hi Ross,
>you wrote:
> > I discovered that index entries including a format specification, such as
> >
> > keyword\index{keyword|textbf}
>
>Does this work in LaTeX if \usepackage{makeidx} is *not* loaded ?
Yes, there appears to be support for this much index generation in LaTeX
without the makeidx package. The only thing I've found so far that
requires makeidx.sty is the "see other-keyword" construct, i.e.,
keyord\index{keyword|see{other-keyword}}
Without \usepackage{makeidx}, an error is generated that the macro "\see"
is not defined.
>...
>Thus the definition for do_cmd_index in latex2html is just a very basic,
>no-frills version. To get the full-featured interpretation of \index
>you are expected to \usepackage{makeidx} ...
I was previously using the default support instead of \usepackage{makeidx}
because I preferred "index entries == URLs" (as opposed to "index entries
== unlinked text with linked section name on the next line"). However, I
just now found the $SHORT_INDEX flag from reading the code, and its
behavior is the best of all for my needs. I am now converted to using
makeidx.perl, and I would support printing a warning when
"\begin{theindex}" is encountered and "\usepackage{makeidx}" has not been seen.
Thanks,
Julius
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