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diff --git a/Build/source/utils/xindy-old/doc/faq-2.html b/Build/source/utils/xindy-old/doc/faq-2.html deleted file mode 100644 index 00be36138dc..00000000000 --- a/Build/source/utils/xindy-old/doc/faq-2.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,95 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> -<HTML> -<HEAD> - <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> - <TITLE>XINDY FAQ: xindy Usage</TITLE> - <LINK HREF="faq-3.html" REL=next> - <LINK HREF="faq-1.html" REL=previous> - <LINK HREF="faq.html#toc2" REL=contents> -</HEAD> -<BODY> -<A HREF="faq-3.html">Next</A> -<A HREF="faq-1.html">Previous</A> -<A HREF="faq.html#toc2">Contents</A> -<HR> -<H2><A NAME="s2">2. <SF>xindy</SF> Usage</A></H2> - -<H2><A NAME="ss2.1">2.1 I don't want to write style files. How can I proceed?</A> -</H2> - -<P> -<P>You can use the wrapper program <CODE>makeindex4</CODE>. It tries to do it's -very best to make <SF>xindy</SF> behave as <CODE>makeindex</CODE> does. But if you -ever need to use some of the features of <SF>xindy</SF> you should learn -how to write an index style. Its easy! -<P> -<P> -<P> -<H2><A NAME="ss2.2">2.2 How do I use <CODE>makeindex4</CODE>?</A> -</H2> - -<P> -<P>Process your document as usual. Then run <CODE>makeindex4</CODE> on the index -file. It produces an index that should equal the one you would get -with an ordinary <CODE>makeindex</CODE> run. As far as you are satisfied with -the default behaviour of <CODE>makeindex</CODE>, <CODE>makeindex4</CODE> will produce -comparable results. -<P>Some of the command-line options of <CODE>makeindex</CODE> are accepted by -<CODE>makeindex4</CODE>, others aren't. This may change in future releases, -but we recommend using plain <SF>xindy</SF> after a phase of -investigation, since one cannot use all of its features with -<CODE>makeindex4</CODE>. You will be informed about unsupported command-line -arguments when running <CODE>makeindex4</CODE>. -<P>If you have written special style files for <CODE>makeindex</CODE> they will -no longer work with <CODE>makeindex4</CODE>. Go ahead and write a new style -file for <SF>xindy</SF>. -<P> -<P> -<P> -<H2><A NAME="ss2.3">2.3 How works <CODE>makeindex4</CODE>?</A> -</H2> - -<P> -<P>This job is now done automatically by <CODE>makeindex4</CODE>. It calls -<CODE>tex2xindy</CODE> to transform the raw-index into the format suitable for -<SF>xindy</SF>. <CODE>tex2xindy</CODE> emits some information about the attributes -(aka. encapsulators in <CODE>makeindex</CODE>) and the usage of -cross-references into a file, which has the extension `<CODE>.sta</CODE>'. The -<CODE>makeindex4</CODE> program, written in <CODE>perl</CODE>, parses this -statistics-file and generates the above presented indexstyle commands -for you automatically including the required declaration of all -attributes in the whole index and their markup. -<P>Another problem is the automatic detection of cross-references. As -noted above, <CODE>makeindex</CODE> handles cross-references with its -encapsulation mechanism, a scheme which has been dropped in <SF>xindy</SF> -and replaced by a more powerful mechanism. To implement a simple -plug-in mechanism we have extended the syntax of the <CODE>tex2xindy</CODE> -filter to identify encapsulators of the form -<P> -<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> -<PRE> -\indexentry{...|encap{...}}{...} -</PRE> -</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> -<P>as a cross-reference, whereas encapsulators of the form -<P> -<BLOCKQUOTE><CODE> -<PRE> -\indexentry{...|encap}{...} -</PRE> -</CODE></BLOCKQUOTE> -<P>are treated as ordinary attributes. This is standard practice -defining cross-references in <CODE>makeindex</CODE>. Thus, <CODE>tex2xindy</CODE> -distinguishes these two forms of encapsulators as opposed to -<CODE>makeindex</CODE> and our plug-in <CODE>makeindex4</CODE> generates the -appropriate definitions of the cross-reference classes as well. -<P> -<P> -<P> -<P> -<HR> -<A HREF="faq-3.html">Next</A> -<A HREF="faq-1.html">Previous</A> -<A HREF="faq.html#toc2">Contents</A> -</BODY> -</HTML> |