[OS X TeX] Error message with multind

Claus Gerhardt gerhardt at math.uni-heidelberg.de
Sun Oct 8 07:28:56 EDT 2006


The makeindex command in TS can handle only one index and it assumes  
that the basename of the index is identical to the basename of your  
source.

You have call makeindex from the terminal

makeindex persons.idx
makeindex events.idx

Claus


On Oct 8, 2006, at 13:14, JBD wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am trying to make two different indexes with multind.sty. I have  
> already understood the classical process to make one index. I am  
> writing a script like this :
>
> %The name of the file is index_essay.tex
> \documentclass{book}
> \usepackage[greek,german,french]{babel}
> \usepackage{multind}
> \makeindex{persons}
> \makeindex{events}
> \begin{document}
> Churchill\index{persons}{Roosevelt}, Roosevelt\index{persons} 
> {Roosevelt} and Stalin\index{persons}{Roosevelt} were at Yalta\index 
> {events}{Yalta Conference}, but not De Gaulle\index{persons}{De  
> Gaulle}.
> \end{document}
>
> I am compiling one time in Latex mode and TeXShop creates two files  
> persons.idx and events.idx. OK.
> A second time in mode MakeIndex, I have this error message in the  
> console :
>
> Couldn't find input index file index_essay nor index_essay.idx.
> Usage: makeindex [-ilqrcg] [-s sty] [-o ind] [-t log] [-p num]  
> [idx0 idx1 ...]
>
> Why does it seek this file index_essay.idx and not persons.idx and  
> events.idx?
>
> Thank you for your assistance and sorry for my English.
>
> JBD
>
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