Am Sonntag 07 April 2013, 10:27:25 schrieb Wolfgang Engelmann:
> I also put a macro in the preamble of the document
> %%macro for index nom
> \newcommand{\IndexDef}[1]{\textit{#1}}
>
> and in the document itself
> Kalanchoe|IndexDef
> where Kalanchoe is a plant name which should appear in the name index as
> italics.
> However, the page number appears italic, not the plant name.
Yes, this is what this syntax is supposed to do.
> How should I change the command in the preamble to achieve that?
Normally, it should just work if you select the word and hit Alt+E, i.e. just
emphasize it as usual. LyX should then output the following LaTeX code:
\index{Kalanchoe@\emph{Kalanchoe}}
Please post a minimal example file if it doesn't.
Jürgen
