My -markup groff macro package has TOC, indexing and cross-referencing. If interested look at the source to see how it is done. I use makeindex, and supply a style file. You need to use gnu make, it apparently does not work under BSD.
http://www.oxytropis.plus.com/groff/markup-1.0.7a.tar.gz er, I started using nroff (under Unix 6) in the 1970s, and groff in the 1990s. Denis On Thu, 12 Nov 2015 04:42:33 +0000 (UTC) Dorai Sitaram <ds26...@yahoo.com> wrote: > For those used to LaTeX, there is a pca-ix.tmac in my > github.com/ds26gte/mpca that can be used for index generation in -ms > documents, using the same 'makeindex' program that LaTeX relies on, > and which is available separately and freely for all *nix-y systems. > Usage: .IX text to be indexed It has the same syntax as LaTeX > (without the enclosing braces). To wit, @ is used to alter the > alphabetization! to separate subentries .INDX is used where the > sorted index should be typeset. Any header (e.g., "Index") is up to > you. groff should be run a couple of times, the first time to create > the index aux file and the second time to slurp its sorted version > back in. groff does need to be run in -U (unsafe) option, so it can > write out to the aux file and call makeindex on it. All the user > needs is know is how and where to use the .IX and .INDX macros -- the > pca-ix.tmac file takes care of the rest. > > --d > > > On Wednesday, November 11, 2015 11:02 PM, Damian McGuckin > <dami...@esi.com.au> wrote: > > > On Wed, 11 Nov 2015, Peter Schaffter wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2015, carsten.ku...@arcor.de wrote: > >> Consider that groff itself is somehow like plainTeX. You may > >> need a macro package for creating documents. But traditional > >> macro packages do (AFAIK) not provide TOC, index, cross references > >> *compared to LaTeX*. Up to now I did not test the MOM macros > >> (http://www.schaffter.ca/mom/mom-01.html) but likely they have > >> this functionality. > > > > Mom provides TOC, but not cross-referencing and indices, at least > > not for printed material. PDF links (internal and external) are > > supported, though, so on-screen cross-references are available. > > MM provides TC too. > > There is a macro > > .IX [a [b [c [d]]] > > which you can use to log things the error output file which can be > used to help create an index. Assuming you gave it say 4 arguments > arguments in a place in the document which ended up on Page 16 like > > .IX INDEX N name given > .IX INDEX N never "do this" > .IX INDEX N "number registers" > .IX INDEX N number registers > > It writes > > INDEX N name given ... 16 > > in the standard error output of groff. > > It is up to you to then mess with that file to create an index in > whatever layout takes your fancy. For the above you might do > > N (emboldened) > > name > given, 16 > never > do this, 16 > number > registers, 17 > number registers, 17 > > Regards - Damian > > Pacific Engineering Systems International, 277-279 Broadway, Glebe > NSW 2037 Ph:+61-2-8571-0847 .. Fx:+61-2-9692-9623 | unsolicited email > not wanted here Views & opinions here are mine and not those of any > past or present employer > > > > > --
