[OS X TeX] Dictionary / Lexicon

[Claus Gerhardt]

Use Latex's \glossary command, see the Latex Companion, or index.sty  
which allows you to name any index as you like (see my tex page). No  
command line skills are necessary, pushing a button is all you need  
to be able.

Claus


On Sep 12, 2006, at 18:08, Marcus Michalsky wrote:

> Hi TeX friends,
>
> I am preparing for Diploma exam in Computer Architecture.
>
> Parallel of reading books/scripts/notes I want to create some kind  
> of dictionary/lexicon.
>
> I want to create some kind of command like \newentry{cache} 
> {description here}
>
> The result should be like in any dictionary (not the problem). The  
> problem is, when i have
> many of these commands, how get i an automatic alphabetical sort ?
> Is there any way ?
>
> Making an Index seems similar to this problem, but there you need  
> the command line tool
> makeindex.
>
> Must I sort them by hand or with any external shell script or is  
> there something out there that I
> need
>
> Thx
> Marcus Michalsky
>
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