Helge Hafting wrote: > Showing the generated index is indeed possible, by > using the existing mechanism for showing rendered formulas. Well, > it takes a lot more time as you typically need to render the entire > document to get the page numbers. So "index preview" should > be optional.
Another option might be to show the constructed index but *without* the page numbers. Usually indexers don't care so much about seeing the actual page numbers, but they do care about seeing the *structure* of the index as they work. An index *with* page numbers might look like this: Aker, 317; two lions of figure of, 185 Akhenaton, 149, 252 Akhmim, 26 Alexandria, 141 But it could also be displayed *without* page numbers, like this: Aker, ?; two lions of figure of, ? Akhenaton, ?, ? Akhmim, ? Alexandria, ? Or something along those lines. Maybe give users the option. Best wishes, Jack M. Lyon ___________________________________________________ The EDITORIUM Microsoft Word Add-Ins for Publishing Professionals http://www.editorium.com ___________________________________________________ > -----Original Message----- > From: Helge Hafting [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 17, 2006 12:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org > Subject: Re: Creating an Index > > > Jack M. Lyon wrote: > > >Helge Hafting wrote: > > > > > > > >>the index is normally _not_ for documenting > >>every occurence of some word. > >> > >> > > > >Amen. > > > >How about creating a real indexing feature for LyX that would allow > >users to index a document in the way Helge has described: > > > > > > > >>I did it the other way around, I > >>read the manuscript and indexed every important concept > >>I came across. > >> > >> > > > >Sorry if this sounds like a plug--I really mean it as a suggested > >addition to LyX--but you might look at my indexing add-in > for MS Word as > >a model for what could be done in LyX: > > > >http://www.editorium.com/dexter.htm > > > > > > > Interesting! > > >Indexing is done, by hand, in a sortable table. After the entries are > >finished, they're embedded in the document. > > > >For LyX, it might be possible to do this even more > elegantly, by showing > >the generated index every time the document is generated > with LaTeX, or, > >better still, by showing it (updated) in the LyX UI every > time an index > >entry is added to or modified in the table. > > > >It's important for the indexer to be able to see and edit all index > >entries in the same place and at the same time rather than just have > >them spread througout the document--hence, the table. > > > >Wow, this would be a *cool* feature for LyX. What do you think? > > > > > It'd be a cool feature, sure. And very useful. Lyx being > open source means > this can be integrated rather than being an add-on. I think > the perfect > solution would be to still have all the index entries spread > throughout the > document - so that they move around automatically as I cut/copy and > paste. But there should also be this "table view" for smart > editing of > the index. Showing the generated index is indeed possible, by > using the existing mechanism for showing rendered formulas. Well, > it takes a lot more time as you typically need to render the entire > document to get the page numbers. So "index preview" should > be optional. > > Helge Hafting > > > >
