Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!nstn.ns.ca!news.cs.indiana.edu!samsung!spool2.mu.edu!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!dnlunx!pttrnl.nl!braams From: braams@pttrnl.nl (Johannes L. Braams) Newsgroups: comp.text.tex Subject: Re: \makeglossary untilities Message-ID: <1991Jan26.171935.64955@pttrnl.nl> Date: 26 Jan 91 16:19:35 GMT References: <4816@vela.acs.oakland.edu> Lines: 32 In article <4816@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, rjohnson@vela.acs.oakland.edu (R o d Johnson) writes: > ... Does anyone have any programs or macros that do *anything* > with the .glo file? I know there are indexing programs that use the > .idx file--are there similar tools of any sort for the .glo file? ... -- You could use GloTeX if you're on a VAX, but you can also use MakeIndex to do the job for you. Here's an example of a MakeIndex style-file you'd need (use it with the command makeindex -s glossary.ist -o your-file.gls your-file.glo) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ keyword "\\glossaryentry" preamble "\\begin{theglossary}\n" postamble "\n\n\\end{theglossary}\n" actual '=' quote '!' encap '|' level '>' delim_0 "\\pfill" delim_1 "\\pfill" delim_2 "\\pfill" lethead_flag 0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greetings, Johannes Braams PTT Research Neher Laboratorium, P.O. box 421, 2260 AK Leidschendam, The Netherlands. Phone : +31 70 3325051 E-mail : JL_Braams@pttrnl.nl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------