[Groff] which refer(1) field to use for edition

2012-09-13 Thread Anton Shterenlikht
I need to add book edition to a refer database entry. There seems to be no dedicated edition field. Which field should I use? Thanks

Re: [Groff] Indexing these days with groff

2012-09-13 Thread Johann Höchtl
On 09/09/2012 10:01 PM, (Ted Harding) wrote: I go with Denis on using makeindex! The standard troff tools for indexing and bibliography are too limited and inflexible for serious use, and are very difficult to modify, let alone to extend. As promised, my report on using indexing with groff

Re: [Groff] Indexing these days with groff

2012-09-13 Thread Werner LEMBERG
BTW: The patch to mkind.c of makeindex V2.15 is generic and should permanently be in anyway to make makeindex buildable without the whole TeX source tree, if KPATHSEA is not required. I'll inform the current maintainer, maybe he will consider the patch. Thanks for your report. Please resend

Re: [Groff] mom version 2.0

2012-09-13 Thread Petr Man
Hello Peter, I have tried the new mom version and it works great. However, I have found an issue with the new heading macros. The documentation states the parameters are position independent, but that doesn't seem to be so for NUMBER and COLOR. Following produces as expected numbers and colors the

Re: [Groff] Indexing these days with groff

2012-09-13 Thread Johann Höchtl
On 09/13/2012 06:56 PM, Werner LEMBERG wrote: BTW: The patch to mkind.c of makeindex V2.15 is generic and should permanently be in anyway to make makeindex buildable without the whole TeX source tree, if KPATHSEA is not required. I'll inform the current maintainer, maybe he will consider the

Re: [Groff] Indexing these days with groff

2012-09-13 Thread Werner LEMBERG
Certainly, I knew I missed sthg. Only attached now patch-friendly mkind.c, Thanks. Please forward this to Peter Breitenlohner; I'm quite sure that he is willing to add this. Werner c

Re: [Groff] Indexing these days with groff

2012-09-13 Thread Denis M. Wilson
When designing my index package I found the trickiest part was the style file. In case it is useful I attach it and the indexing macros (which would have to be tailored for what package you use). Denis index.tmac Description: Binary data markup.ist Description: Binary data

Re: [Groff] which refer(1) field to use for edition

2012-09-13 Thread Peter Schaffter
Anton -- On Thu, Sep 13, 2012, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: I need to add book edition to a refer database entry. There seems to be no dedicated edition field. Which field should I use? If you're using mom, the edition field is %e. Per MLA style, the word edition is abbreviated and appended to

Re: [Groff] mom version 2.0

2012-09-13 Thread Peter Schaffter
Petr -- On Thu, Sep 13, 2012, Petr Man wrote: I have tried the new mom version and it works great. However, I have found an issue with the new heading macros. The documentation states the parameters are position independent, but that doesn't seem to be so for NUMBER and COLOR. Following