Re: integrating Joram's 'visualindex'

[Jean Abou Samra]

> Le 3 août 2022 à 13:12, Dan Eble <dan@lyric.works> a écrit :
> 
> On Aug 3, 2022, at 06:10, Jean Abou Samra <jean@abou-samra.fr> wrote:
>> 
>>> Le 3 août 2022 à 11:44, Werner LEMBERG <wl@gnu.org> a écrit :
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Two weeks ago Dan asked the following:
>>> 
>>>>> Can you force them to face each other?
>>>> 
>>>> I think so, yes, with some TeX trickery.
>>> 
> [… it is possible …]
>> 
>> Sorry for jumping in as someone without any expertise in typography, but I 
>> can’t help thinking: why create the problem if it doesn’t already exist? :-)
> 
> If the index were split into two pages, I would prefer to see them together.
> 
> I don't say that having to flip pages would rise to the level of "problem", 
> but it would be an inferior experience.


I probably misunderstood the problem. Are you using a PDF reader where two 
pages at a time are shown at a time like when reading a book? If so, I 
understand the request. I thought this was uncommon, but I have no idea after 
all.


> If accommodating it would disrupt the rest of the NR, then I think it would 
> be better to make the visual index a separate document.