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+index.tex -- Macros for creating an index using MakeIndex
+
+ The file index.tex contains a set of Plain TeX macros for making an
+index for a document. The raw index output file produced by the macros
+is in a form which can be fed to the makeindex program. The output from
+makeindex can then be fed back through TeX with the formatting macros
+(which are also in index.tex) to produce the final formatted index. For
+further information see the file itself.
+
+ The file makeindex.tar.gz is a compressed tar file containing the
+standard distribution of the makeindex program. You can also get
+makeindex from CTAN:indexing/makeindex.
+
+ The file MakeIndex.ps contains a PostScript copy of the paper "Index
+Preparation and Processing" by Pehong Chen and Michael A. Harrison which
+describes the general workings of their makeindex program.
+
+ It is possible to make the index from just the raw index file
+and a sorting program (and a lot of "by-hand" work), but makeindex
+really is the proper way to make a good index.
+
+Eric Myers <texsis@lifshitz.ph.utexas.edu> - 29 August 1997