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From: ath@prosys.se (Anders Thulin)
Newsgroups: comp.text
Subject: Re: TeX index program available
Message-ID: <418@helios.prosys.se>
Date: 11 Dec 89 06:37:33 GMT
References: <1989Dec8.184444.11467@cs.rochester.edu> <818@qmet.UUCP>
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Organization: Programsystem AB, Teknikringen 2A, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden
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In article <818@qmet.UUCP> sc@qmet.UUCP (Steve Croft) writes:
>
>Rememebr that TeX was written for typesetting books.  I see many
>books with indices nowadays.  ;)

On the spot! TeX was written for typesetting books.  And even an index
has to be prepared before it can be typeset. This preparation may
or may not be done by TeX, as your fancy takes you.
-- 
Anders Thulin, Programsystem AB, Teknikringen 2A, S-583 30 Linkoping, Sweden
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