[XeTeX] XeTeX and Makeindex

[François Patte]

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André Bellaïche a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> I am new to XeTeX, and I use XeLaTeX with the command  
> \XeTeXinputencoding csMacintosh .
> 
> I have tried to use UTF-8, but most of my source files are mac  
> encoded, and continuously shifting form one encoding to the other with  
> TeXShop causes many errors (you also have to close and reopen TeXShop  
> for the encoding change to take effect).
> 
> At first sight, the index seems to print well. When you look to  
> the .ind file, you see many horrors like anémie à  

As far as I know, makeindex "knows" only 8 bits characters.... So, you
can't use it in utf-8.


> 
> The drawback is: the index does not keep the French alphabetical order.
> 
> For example, the accented é is placed after the z.

accented characters are not well sorted with makeindex, to get a correct
sorting you might use the @ feature of makeindex:

\index{ete@été} (or the converse, I do not remember, see the manual)

People suggest to use xindy

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François Patte
UFR de mathématiques et informatique
Université Paris Descartes
Tél. +33 (0)1 44 55 35 61
http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
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