Hello,
I have a book in LyX that I have almost finished. Now I want to add an
index of persons.
I'd imagine a workflow like this:
- Next to the name Arthur Smith I create an index entry box 'Smith, Arthur'.
- I copy the name and the box.
- Using advanced find and replace I paste the text and box
On Fri, 17 Feb 2006, Jack M. Lyon wrote:
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.
Which brings up another issue that might be a wrench in the gears:
different standards for indexes (e.g.
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> >Helge Hafting wrote:
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> >>the index is normally _not_
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,
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How about creating a real indexing feature for LyX that wo
Jack M. Lyon writes:
> Helge Hafting wrote:
> > the index is normally _not_ for documenting
> > every occurence of some word.
> How about creating a real indexing feature for LyX
Yes, that would be great!
Because we were doing an "index of persons" and (for better or worse)
_wanted_ every menti
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> John O'Gorman wrote:
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> >I am embarking on creating an index for a manual of about 200 pages
> >(written
John O'Gorman wrote:
I am embarking on creating an index for a manual of about 200 pages
(written in LyX of course).
I studied up all the advice I could find, and as a result set out to
produce a list of all the unique words in the book.
There are plenty of word you don't wan
On Thu, 16 Feb 2006, John O'Gorman wrote:
I am embarking on creating an index for a manual of about 200 pages
(written in LyX of course).
Could someone on the list who has actually created an index advise if
this is really the best approach?
John,
If you want a good reference to read
I am embarking on creating an index for a manual of about 200 pages
(written in LyX of course).
I studied up all the advice I could find, and as a result set out to
produce a list of all the unique words in the book.
Alas it came to over 3000 words. Even going through and removing the
little
Rich Shepard wrote:
> I missed this in the man page. Do I add it using ERT, in the file external
> of LyX, or some other way?
Just type into LyX's index inset:
Rich Sheppard|see{Sheppard, Rich}
Jürgen
On Thu, 5 Aug 2004, Juergen Spitzmueller wrote:
> I take it that \index{Rich Sheppard|see{Sheppard, Rich}} is not what you
> want, since this is described in man makeindex as well as in the makeindex
> documentation and in The LaTeX Companion 2.
Juergen,
I missed this in the man page. Do I add
Rich Shepard wrote:
> I found a paragraph in the "Extended Features" doc on making an index and
> I've scanned 'man makeindex'. Both of these describe marking words in the
> document for inclusion in the index and setting nesting levels and other
> physical layout/formatting issues.
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> However
I found a paragraph in the "Extended Features" doc on making an index and
I've scanned 'man makeindex'. Both of these describe marking words in the
document for inclusion in the index and setting nesting levels and other
physical layout/formatting issues.
However, I find nothing on how to add
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