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Hello Kamal<br><br>Could you give me more instruction on how to define an ist file. A working example would be fine. <br>I have to create two columns index. <br><br>Thanks<br><br>Houda<br><br><br>> From: ross.moore@mq.edu.au<br>> Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2010 16:01:54 +1100<br>> To: xetex@tug.org<br>> Subject: Re: [XeTeX] arabic<br>> <br>> Hello Kamal,<br>> <br>> On 22/10/2010, at 12:39 PM, Kamal Abdali wrote:<br>> <br>> > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 03:17, Ulrike Fischer <news3@nililand.de> wrote:<br>> > Am Thu, 21 Oct 2010 00:20:47 -0400 schrieb Kamal Abdali:<br>> > >... <br>> > > Makeindex reads the idx file for sorting the indices. Probably, it finds the<br>> > > non-Western numerals undecipherable.<br>> > <br>> > Yes, makeindex needs to understand numbers to be able to build page<br>> > ranges and sort the page numbers. As default it understands the<br>> > standard digits, alphabetic and roman page numbers.<br>> > <br>> > If you would redefine \thepage to e.g. \renewcommand\thepage{Page<br>> > \arabic{page}} you would run into problems in an english document<br>> > too.<br>> > <br>> > I would suggest that you try xindy.<br>> > <br>> > <br>> > Thanks, Ulrike, for the xindy recommendation. A recent tendency in Urdu publications (which concern me most) is to use Western numerals, so Makeindex will work partially. But in general xindy will be unavoidable.<br>> <br>> Well, I don't think it is unavoidable at all.<br>> <br>> You can define your own .ist (index-style) file for use<br>> with makeindex . <br>> Then you can ensure that a LaTeX macro reads the page-number<br>> and converts it into the language form that you desire.<br>> <br>> Makeindex is extremely flexible, just as is Xindy.<br>> You may need a bit of experience writing the correct LaTeX<br>> macro to use, and have it applied appropriately, just as you'll <br>> need to gain experience using Xindy, if you go down that path.<br>> <br>> <br>> > <br>> > Kamal Abdali<br>> <br>> <br>> Hope this helps,<br>> <br>> Ross<br>> <br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> Ross Moore ross.moore@mq.edu.au <br>> Mathematics Department office: E7A-419 <br>> Macquarie University tel: +61 (0)2 9850 8955<br>> Sydney, Australia 2109 fax: +61 (0)2 9850 8114<br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> --------------------------------------------------<br>> Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.:<br>> http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex<br> </body>
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