On Friday 02 May 2008 05:03, Jürgen Spitzmüller wrote: > Steve Litt wrote: > > Can anyone steer me in the right direction? > > IIRC you have to create a new index style file my_index_style.ist. Examples > for *.ist files should be found under texmf/makeindex/. Save it in > $INDEXSTYLEFILE (probably $TEXMFHOME/makeindex/ist). Then configure LyX to > call the style file: In Preferences->Output->LaTeX, change the makeindex > command to > > makeindex -c -q -s my_index_style.ist > > HTH, > Jürgen
Thanks Jürgen, I've managed to solve this, and will document it on Troubleshooters.Com shortly. It's basically what you said, although the examples in texmf/makeindex are too complex for the person not understanding the concepts of makeindex. The makeindex man page is better suited to the newbie (but my web page will be better suited yet :-) Thanks SteveT Steve Litt Books written in LyX: Troubleshooting Techniques of the Successful Technologist Twenty Eight Tales of Troubleshooting Troubleshooting: Just the Facts