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I want to set group headings, in form of a corresponding letter, for an index in lyx. I have one main lyx file, containing links (with include) to other lyx files, placed in a subfolder.

I tried following, but it doesn't work.

First I created a file called test.ist in the same directory as my main lyx file, containing folling:

quote '>' headings_flag 1 heading_prefix "\\textbf\{\\huge " heading_suffix "\}"

In my lyx main file I opend document settings, changed the processor under Indexes to "makeindex" and entered in option field "-g -s test.ist" (without quotes)

The lines corresponding to index in my log file look like this

(C:\...\miktex\tex\latex\base\makeidx.sty Package: makeidx 2000/03/29 v1.0m Standard LaTeX package ) \@indexfile=\write3 Writing index file test.idx

Also the -g option doesn't show any effect.

Do you have a clue what to do and may give me a hint, please? Thank you.

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Specify the absolute path to the index style file, or put the index style file in a directory that is known to "makeindex".

For example, for the style file test.ist of directory /home/user123, change -g -s test.ist to -g -s "/home/user123/test.ist". The quotation marks are necessary if your directory contains spaces etc.

The problem is that LyX runs commands in a temporary directory, e.g. /tmp/lyx_tmpdir.XYZ/lyx_tmpbuf1. Hence, "makeindex" does not find the index style file "test.ist" there.

Hint: Start LyX from a console and you will see the output of the commands that LyX runs (e.g. "makeindex").

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  • thank you, but that doesn't seem to work either :( I tried that recommondation with the console, but there was no output. So I start texwork and run makeindex there Command: C:/Users/[...]/miktex/bin/miktex-makeindex.exe Arguments: -s "C:\Users[...]\test.ist" test.idx That didn't work also. Output was: Expected -s <stylefile> . Do you have any further ideas, how to proceed? Commented Feb 13, 2013 at 22:23
  • Maybe write a TeX document "test.tex" containing just the necessary packages ("makeidx", "babel"), "\makeindex", and as body "a\index{a} \printindex{}". Put "test.tex" together with "test.ist" in the same folder. First run latex on it in that folder, then run makeindex -s test.ist test.tex. Any error? Actually, finish with another latex run... Or post the whole error message on your question... Commented Feb 13, 2013 at 22:57

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