Sure, bidi has nothing to do with it. And I woult prefer to modify the prolog generated by the index. If you randomly redefine a few macros inside \AtBeginDocument, it might fail unpredictably if a package is used with its own modifications.
Stackexchange may contain useful solutions but the original documentation is often a better and more reliable source of information. Zdeněk Wagner http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz 2018-04-25 16:55 GMT+02:00 Vafa Khalighi <vk...@uowmail.edu.au>: > The comment about bidi is wrong. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 26 Apr 2018, at 12:51 am, Kamal Abdali <k.abd...@acm.org> wrote: > > Thanks, Zdeněk. I found the problem and a solution for it discussed here: > https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/263696/polyglossias- > setotherlanguage-blocks-imakeindexs-indexprologue. The solution did work > for me. > > Briefly, the problem is attributed to bidi's restoring the book > definition of the theindex environment for no apparent reason. The > solution is to insert the following lines between the > \usepackage{imakeindex} and \makeindex[intoc] lines: > > % nullify bidi redefinition > > % this should go after polyglossia and imakeidx have been loaded > > \let\imakeidxtheindex\theindex > > \let\imakeidxendtheindex\endtheindex > > \AtBeginDocument{% > > \let\theindex\imakeidxtheindex > > \let\endtheindex\imakeidxendtheindex > > } > > > Kamal Abdali > > On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 4:25 AM, Zdenek Wagner <zdenek.wag...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> You have to redefine the header, it automatically inserts >> \chapter*{Index}. You have to remove the asterisk. I do not remember the >> details, I would have to search in the documentatin but it is written there. >> >> >> Zdeněk Wagner >> http://ttsm.icpf.cas.cz/team/wagner.shtml >> http://icebearsoft.euweb.cz >> >> 2018-04-24 23:09 GMT+02:00 Kamal Abdali <k.abd...@acm.org>: >> >>> To get the index listed in the table of contents, I include these two >>> lines in the preamble of a xelatex+polyglossia+bidi program: >>> >>> \usepackage[imakeidx] >>> \makeindex[intoc] >>> >>> My problem is that while the index does get produced it doesn’t get >>> listed in the TOC. The trouble can be reproduced in this small program: >>> >>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >>> \documentclass{book} >>> >>> \usepackage{imakeidx} >>> \makeindex[intoc] >>> >>> \usepackage{polyglossia} >>> \usepackage{bidi} %%%%% >>> \setmainlanguage{english} >>> >>> \title{Facts} >>> \author{Aleck} >>> \date{} >>> >>> \begin{document} >>> \maketitle >>> \tableofcontents >>> \chapter{Stars} >>> Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, is actually a double star. >>> \index{Sirius} >>> \printindex >>> \end{document} >>> %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% >>> >>> The above program produces the index without listing it in the TOC. >>> However, if you comment out the \usepackage{bidi} line, the index IS >>> produced and listed in TOC as expected. >>> >>> Note that the above program doesn’t really need bidi as all of its >>> output text is in the Latin script. But I do need the bidi feature in the >>> actual document that I need to process. >>> >>> Any help will be appreciated. >>> >>> Kamal Abdali >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------- >>> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >>> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: >> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex >> >> >
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