[Axiom-developer] Re: article "standard" header/footer

[Ralf Hemmecke]

No, look at ALLPROSE. There is an index and I don't say \input{blah.ind}.

Let's look at the definitions of \printindex in makeidx.sty.

address@hidden@{\jobname.ind}}

It builds on

address@hidden@#1{\InputIfFileExists{#1}{}{\typeout{No file #1.}}}

from the standard latex.ltx.

You see?

Ralf

root wrote:
> > By the way, you need "dummyindex" because you have 
> > \input{${PROJECT}.ind} below. \printindex is enough.
> >
> > > \eject
> > > \begin{thebibliography}{99}
> > > \bibitem{1} nothing
> > > \end{thebibliography}
> > > <<dummyindex>>=
> > > \begin{theindex}
> > >  \item none
> > > \end{theindex}
> > > \printindex
> > > \input{${PROJECT}.ind}
> > > \end{document}
>
> on my system latex blows up on the \input if project.ind does not exist.
> the first time you build a pamphlet project.ind does not exist.
> so you have to make sure it exists (hence dummyindex).
> i suppose if i were thinking ahead i could have just done 'touch foo.ind'.
> sigh. hindsight is good stuff.
>
> t