Fwd: Xindy and Context

Fwd: Xindy and Context

[John Culleton]

Apologies for the empty message, subject as above.

I have found a set of macros that allow either makeindex or Xindy (in
makeindex emulation) to run with Context. This allows for more
functionality than the present register commands available from Context
proper.  They generate a makeindex type output file, which can either
be processed by makeindex directly or by Xindy via the makeindex4
script and tex2xindy program called by it. 

Here are the requirements:
Complete Xindy package (or complete makeindex package)
index.tex from TeXsis site.

A simple input statement starts things off:

\input index.tex

The indexing commands are \index{--- and \idx{---
\idx causes whatever is between { and } to be printed as well as added
to the index.  The usual conventions found in the LaTeX \index.sty
package obtain. Here are some valid statements:
\idx{foo}
\index{foo!bar}                %subitem
\index{fable@foo!babble@bar}   %subitem with alternate sorting on both
                               %levels
\index{Jose|(}                 %start range    
\index{Jose|)}                 %stop range
\index{italicized|ital}          %italicized page number. 

...and so on.
`
If the \idx statement form is used, and \markindextrue is present then
the indexed terms will be printed in the document with a box around
them indicating that they are indexed. 


This is a two pass system. The command to import the finished index is
\input filename.ind
...where filename is the name of the tex file being indexed.

In between the two passes one of these two commands must be run:

makeindex filename.idx 

or for the Xindy alternative:

makeindex4 filename.idx


Here is a sample document:
----------------
\input index.tex
\starttext
\index{foo!bar}
...
\index{France@{\it France}}
\page[yes]
\input filename.ind
\stoptext
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The full power of Xindy in Context is not yet unleashed. But the above 
items
plant the seed...
-- 
John Culleton
Able Indexers and Typesetters, Rowse Reviews, Culleton Editorial 
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