MakeIndex, Nomenclature, Glossaries and Acronyms ⇒ Unable to create an index

[srinivas]

Hi,
I have googled a lot and read many suggestions/posts on how to create an index. But, something seems to be lacking in the way I do it and I never been able to get index. Here is the scenario:

1. I use MikTex 2.8 on latest version of TexnicCenter, Windows XP sp 3.
2. makeindex.exe version is 2.14 [2002]
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3. When I use "%pm" in the command-line arguments to pass to makeindex, it gives an output like this:
This is C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\makeindex.exe, version 2.14 [02-Oct-2002] (kpathsea + Thai support).
Scanning input file C:\Publications\ver1.0\main.tex ...done (0 entries accepted, 144 rejected).
Nothing written in C:\Publications\ver1.0\main.ind.
Transcript written in C:\Publications\ver1.0\main.ilg.

Latex-Result: 0 Error(s), 2 warning(s), 3 Bad Box(es), 9 page(s)

4. When I use "%bm" in the command-line arguments to pass to makeindex, it gives an output like this:

Input index file C:\Publications\ver1.0\main not found.
Usage: C:\Program Files\MiKTex 2.8\miktex\bin\makeindex.exe [-ilqrcgLT] ...
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I ran the "build current file" (Ctrl + F7) like 5 to 10 times....still no index is getting generated. I am unsure what is wrong.


A minimum working example is below:

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\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage{makeidx}
\makeindex

\begin{document}

here is an example of \index{indexing} indexing.

\printindex
\end{document}
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Am I missing something here? What exactly should the build commandline arguments be? How do I get the latest version of makeindex.exe (it seems to be very old - 2002). I tried googling and updating MikTex to 2.8...but still, it has an old makeindex.

Your suggestions are appreciated.

-Srinivas.

[localghost]

What if I tell you that it works for me with TXC1 RC1 and TXC2 alpha 3 (Build 1118)?

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This is C:\Programme\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\makeindex.exe, version 2.14 [02-Oct-2002] (kpathsea + Thai support).
Scanning input file H:\Foren\LaTeX-Community\tmp\srinivas\index-prblm.idx....done (1 entries accepted, 0 rejected).
Sorting entries...done (0 comparisons).
Generating output file H:\Foren\LaTeX-Community\tmp\srinivas\index-prblm.ind....done (5 lines written, 0 warnings).
Output written in H:\Foren\LaTeX-Community\tmp\srinivas\index-prblm.ind.
Transcript written in H:\Foren\LaTeX-Community\tmp\srinivas\index-prblm.ilg.

I ran exactly the code you provided and had no problems.

The striking difference is that in your message MakeIndex scans your *.tex file, and in my log it says that it scans the *.idx file. So there must me something wrong in your output profile. Compare your settings with those in the attachment.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[Montag]

If the main file is a project in TXC, you need to enable the use of makeindex in its properties. This could be the case because apparently you ran the main file via "ctrl + F7".

[srinivas]

Dear Localghost,
Thanks for the response and pointing out the difference. I repeated the compilation and I found that it scans the *.tex file for me as against scanning the *.idx file. I am using TXC 1.0 RC 1.

I was switching back and forth from %bm% to %pm% in the commandline argument...and it generated the index. I am now perplexed as to why it worked now and what was the root cause.

Below is the output of the index-eg.ilg file when I use "%bm% as the commandline argument to the makeindex:

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This is C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\makeindex.exe, version 2.14 [02-Oct-2002] (kpathsea + Thai support).
Scanning input file C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex...
!! Input index error (file = C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex, line = 1):
   -- Unknown index keyword \documentclass[12pt].
!! Input index error (file = C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex, line = 3):
   -- Unknown index keyword \usepackage.
!! Input index error (file = C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex, line = 5):
   -- Missing arguments -- need two (premature LFD).
!! Input index error (file = C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex, line = 7):
   -- Unknown index keyword \begin.
!! Input index error (file = C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex, line = 9):
   -- Unknown index keyword hereisanexampleof\index.
!! Input index error (file = C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex, line = 11):
   -- Missing arguments -- need two (premature LFD).
!! Input index error (file = C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.tex, line = 13):
   -- Unknown index keyword \end.
done (0 entries accepted, 7 rejected).
Nothing written in C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.ind.
Transcript written in C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.ilg.

And, this is "nice" log when the commandline argument is %bm% - again. I cannot explain this behaviour. It would be nice to know though...

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This is C:\Program Files\MiKTeX 2.8\miktex\bin\makeindex.exe, version 2.14 [02-Oct-2002] (kpathsea + Thai support).
Scanning input file C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.idx....done (1 entries accepted, 0 rejected).
Sorting entries...done (0 comparisons).
Generating output file C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.ind....done (5 lines written, 0 warnings).
Output written in C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.ind.
Transcript written in C:\Documents and Settings\Srinivas\Desktop\index-eg.ilg.

[localghost]

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