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How to use MakeIndex and xindy in latex?
Commands like \\gls and \\glssymbol index the entry, which provides the indexing application with the relevant information about which terms need to appear in the glossary, how they are sorted and what page or pages they were referenced on. This post describes makeindex and xindy, which can be used with both glossaries and glossaries-extra.
Which is more flexible, MakeIndex or xindy?
Short Answer. xindy is far more flexible than makeindex. Unlike makeindex, xindy supports UTF8, can sort according to different language rules and can support enumeration systems outside of the European and Roman numbering systems.
How to use MakeIndex or xindy in Perl?
Instead, you can use the makeglossaries Perl script. This reads the auxiliary file generated by LaTeX (sample2-xtr.aux in the above example) and works out whether to call makeindex or xindy and what settings to use. It also performs some diagnostics so that it can provide more informative messages if things go wrong.
Can you use MakeIndex with glossaries extra?
This post describes makeindex and xindy, which can be used with both glossaries and glossaries-extra. There is an additional method of indexing only available with glossaries-extra that uses another application (bib2gls), which will be discussed in a later article.
When do you use a glossary in a docu-ment?
When you use the glossaries package, you need to define glossary entries in the docu- ment preamble. These entries could be a word, phrase, abbreviation or symbol. They’re usually accompanied by a description, which could be a short sentence or an in-depth explanation that spans multiple paragraphs.
Which is the best way to use the glossaries package?
Most users prefer to have an automatically sorted list that only contains entries that have been used in the document. The glossaries package provides three options: use TEX to perform the sorting (Option 1); use makeindexto perform the sorting (Option 2); use xindyto perform the sorting (Option 3).
How to add automake to glossaries-extra.sty?
Add automake to your package option list when you load glossaries-extra.sty. For example: Then rerun LaTeX on this document. This message will be removed once the problem has been fixed. The second page continues with similar text for the list of symbols and list of abbreviations.
How to create a glossary using ewglossaryentry?
Any glossary term that has been defined using ewglossaryentry or ewacronym, as described above, can be displayed in the document using one of the commands described in this section. (There are other less commonly used commands available as well, see the glossaries documentation [ 16] for details of them.)
How to enable or disable hyperlinks in a glossary?
This is a boolean key which can be used to enable/disable the hyperlink to the relevant entry in the glossary. Note that setting hyper=true will only have an effect if hyperlinks are supported (through loading the hyperref package before loading the glossaries package).
How to make an entry appear in a glossary?
The entry will only appear in the glossary if you have referenced it in the document using one of the commands listed later. The second argument is a comma-separated list of = options. Common keys are: The name of the entry (as it will appear in the glossary).