[OS X TeX] Multiple indexes with TeXShop

George Gratzer gratzer at ms.umanitoba.ca
Sat Dec 15 17:23:44 EST 2007


My recommendation is -- see my book, p. 463 -- to use the AMS amsidx  
package.

GG

On Dec 15, 2007, at 11:32 AM, André Bellaïche wrote:

> In order to make multiple indexes, the LaTeX companion advices us to  
> use the index package. Everything looks fine and easy, but one thing  
> How: do you compile your .**x file into a .**d file?
>
> The problem is: Makeindex command included in TeXShop works only  
> for .idx and .ind
>
> Is there a way out without resorting to command line?
>
> One possibility is to use the old Macintosh application Makeindex  
> v2.12 which worked well in OS 9 (I still have Classic on my i-mac),  
> so well that you didn't have to use aliases for French diacritics. I  
> mean, it used to put éléphant in its correct location in the index,  
> you only had to type \index{éléphant}, not  
> \index{elephant@éléphant}. But there is a drawback, you have to  
> convert manually the OS X files produced by LaTeX in OS 9 files,  
> before running Makeindex v2.12.
>
> So, this is the second question:
>
> Is there a way to convert Makeindex v2.12 into an OS X application  
> (to carbonize it ?)?
>
> André Bellaïche
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