On 26 jun 2004, at 17:09, Maarten Sneep wrote:
Installing Xindy involves compiling and installing (gnu)CLISP,
combining the Xindy CLISP sources into a kernel (with the CLISP
engine) and creating a format. I tripped at step 1.
I've tried again, and as far as I can tell xindy is *broken*: it is in
a non-compiling state right now: you need to use an older clisp version
in order to use some modules needed by xindy, but that version will not
compile on Mac OS X. Newer versions of clisp do compile and pass the
tests, but the modules xindy uses expect a different API, and can
therefore not be included into the clisp engine.
I'm giving up on xindy, it is a mess. BTW: from what I can tell from
the documentation: xindy uses the same tex commands as Makeindex, so
exectly what you can do with xindy that is impossible with Makeindex
(apart from using it with other document source formats, but the source
here is (la)tex anyway) is unclear to me. what you _can_ do with
Makeindex, and what is impossible with xindy is installing.
It's a mess.
Maarten
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