On Mon, 22 Nov 2004, Helge Hafting wrote:
The advice I got from my publisher, was to keep few index entries (max 3)
per word. If you see concept: 2,3,6,8,12-23, 45, 87-99, 202,204, 484 Are
you, as a reader, going to look all those places?
Thanks, Helge. These are all excellent suggestions.
Yes,
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, Robert Thorsby wrote:
Since this posting is off the top of my head, some of those examples are not
too bright :-) However, the point is that the author _never_ needs an index
but his readers _always_ do. So the questions you should be asking yourself
are:
How diverse is your
On 2004.11.21 04:16 Rich Shepard wrote:
I'm finishing the last chapters in my technical book today and
need to start on the index. I've never before compiled an index.
Anyway, because the indexer didn't think that us clueless
sorts would look for a specific operator rather than the class of
op
I'm finishing the last chapters in my technical book today and need to
start on the index. I've never before compiled an index. I know that the LyX
manuals have information on the mechanics of putting one together, and I
have a partially-read book on indexing that puts me to sleep at night, but
I
