There is a fully functional indexing facility in my -markup macro system (http://www.oxytropis.plus.com/groff). It uses makeindex. It could be adapted for format control by using a different syle file. Thus the feasibilty of indexing is demonstrated. I never got round to finding how to use xindy for the same purpose.
Denis On Sat, 19 Apr 2014 06:02:52 -0500 Blake McBride <bl...@mcbride.name> wrote: > Greetings, > > I have been looking at the topic of creating a document index with > mom. It seems there is no standard way. I saw some older comments > about the difficulty of having tight control of an index's layout. > So I have one statement, and one question. > > I would absolutely prefer to have a one-size-fits-all index ability > within mom rather than no real ability at all. Also, IMO, once a > one-size-fits-all index is added, I am sure format controls will > increasingly slip in and over time and ultimately lead to a very > powerful indexing ability. We just need to start with a basic > ability first. IMO, this would be a very powerful addition to mom's > already existing TOC ability. > > Has anything been done along these lines? > > Thank you! > > Blake McBride --
