[tex-eplain] What .ist file should I use for pdftex?

[John Culleton]

I tried my old ascii.ist file but it didn't work.

I tried the plaintex.ist file but it yielded
strange results  e.g.:
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A BC, 5, see also M
A gricultural Bank of China, 1, see also ABC
B  ank of China, 1, see also BOC
B  ank of Communication, 1, see also BoCom
b  anking reform of 1979, 4
b  anks big five, 1 official influence, 1
B  in County Fuel Company, 3
b  ribes demanded, 3
C  CB, 5, see also China Construction Bank
C  hina Construction Bank, 1, see also CCB
 c orruption official, 167
 c ronyism, 3
C  ultural Revolution, 3
D eng Xiaoping, 4
 f inancial reforms inadequate, 1
F ive Anti movement, 2
 I ndustrial and Commercial Bank of China, 1, see
also ICBC
 J iang Jiemin, 163
L iu Qingshan, 2, 4 execution of, 3
L iu Shaoqi, 3
M ao period, 3
n epotism, 3
O ne Strike, Three Anti campaign, 3
P  BC, see also People?s Bank of China roles of, 4
P  eople?s Bank of China (PBC), 2
P  eople?s Construction Bank, 2
p  ostsocialist context, 1
R ural Three Anti campaign, 3
T hree Anti campaign, 2, 3
 t ransparency, lack of, 2
W ang Shouxin, 3, 4 execution of, 4
Z hang Zishan, 3, 4 execution of, 3
                                  
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I tried latex.ist but it yielded even weirder
results.
I just want a conventional layout like the above
but without the extra space and with character
heads like:
            --A--

Is there an existing  *.ist file that comes closer
to what i want?
-- 
John Culleton
Wexford Press
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