Re: Indexing

On 6/15/04 11:25 PM, "Alain Schremmer" 
<Schremmer.Alain-H+0wwilmMs3R7s880joybQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> I indexed a few words in a 6 page book, *Functions.tex*, and
> I think I followed the instructions at the bottom of Companion 649:
> 
>   * Include the makeidx package with a \usepackage command
>   * Put a \makeindex command in the document preamble
>   * Put a \printindex command [...] before tthe \end{document.
> 
> I typeset the document and *showidx* indeed shows the indexed entries in
> the margin and a *Functions.idx* file was created as well.
> 
> But I cannot create the index itself even though I have now spent well
> over an hour on Companion 655. I don't even understand the first three
> lines.
> 
>   To generate the formatted index, you should run the /MakeIndex/
>   program by typing the following command (where /Functions/ is the
>   name of the input file).
> 
>       _makeindex Functions.idx_
> 
> On Companion 11, it says
> 
>   Commands to be typed by the user on a computer terminal are shown
>   [as above]
> 
> But when I typed this on the terminal (among other "esperiences") it
> said that it couldn't find the file.
> 
> So, please, what am I doing wrong?
> 
> Regards
> --schremmer

Howdy,

After running LaTeX on the document---to produce the Function.idx file,
amoung others---you've got to run MakeIndex from TeXShop's Typeset Menu.
That generates the sorted index file that is read in and typeset when you
run LaTeX again.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs-EnPF47/3+YSD9iCl+R0B7w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx)