mkindex(1)
π mkindex(1) π
β¨ NAME β¨
okay so the name is mkindex, and it's a script that processes LaTeX index and glossary files π§
β¨ SYNOPSIS β¨
mkindex BASENAME[.idx] ...
β¨ DESCRIPTION β¨
okay bestie, so mkindex runs makeindex(1) on any index (.idx) or glossary (.glo) files that get created when you TeX the file BASENAME.tex. it's giving automation π
β¨ FILES β¨
gind.istβ the MakeIndex index style file πgglo.istβ the MakeIndex glossary style file πΈ
β¨ SEE ALSO β¨
makeindex(1) is your next stop if you want to go deeper π«Ά
β¨ BUGS β¨
β οΈ bestie, if you find a bug, email bug reports to <https://lists.tug.org/tex-k>. it's a public mailing list, so everyone can see it π
β¨ AUTHOR β¨
Written by Thomas Esser π
This manual page was written by C.M. Connelly for the Debian GNU/Linux system. It's now maintained as part of TeX Live π
that's the tea β this page comes from TeX Live, version date 8 March 2022, and it's the mkindex(1) man page. love you, bye π¦π
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