kurt@rruxg.UUCP (K A Gluck) (02/24/86)
Does anyone out there have a way to generate indexs?
When I was using MTS's format system, I could define a pair of
macros. The first, would make index entries (you gave it the word, it
took the page number from the registers). The second would print the
index (you put this at the end of the file).
Nroff/troff dont seem to have this ability. It is non trivial to
write a pair of macros, lets say
.In WORD \" make index entry for word WORD using current page #
\" print word word here
.Ip \" print index
The reasion that .In prints the word, is an attempt to keep the
reffrence and the word on the same page.
Any ideas ?
- kurt gluck Bellcore rrc 4e727 201 699 2105
ihnp4!bellcore!rruxg!kurt storm@diku.UUCP (Kim Fabricius Storm) (02/28/86)
In article <108@rruxg.UUCP> kurt@rruxg.UUCP writes: >Nroff/troff dont seem to have this ability. It is non trivial to >write a pair of macros, lets say >.In WORD \" make index entry for word WORD using current page # > \" print word word here >The reasion that .In prints the word, is an attempt to keep the >reffrence and the word on the same page. You better print the word before you enter it into the index with the current page number; attempting to print the word may cause n/troff to print out its partially filled line, placing the word on the first line of the following page. I have experienced this myself! I have once written such a package to be used with a modified -me package. It needed a separate execution of troff to print the index (and a table of contents) because it was based on the .tm command, something like .de In \\$1 .tm .IX "\\$1" \\n% .. I then ran troff, piping the error output into another troff, formatting the index (via a special IX macro). In this way it was even possible to sort the index before it was printed. I'm sorry I can't send you the package - I don't have it at hand at present, and as I said, it must be used together with a modified -me package which I don't think I'm allowed to distribute (lots of diffs!). However, if there is enough interest in my package (it makes really nice indexes and tocs) and somebody is willing to adapt it to the standard packages, I may be persuaded to distribute what I have. But it is much more fun to make your own package, I'm sure. ------------------ Kim F. Storm, storm@diku.UUCP (seismo!diku!storm) Institute of Datalogy(=CS), U of Copenhagen, Universitetsparken 1, DK-2100 OE