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# XINDY Style File Tutorial

## <SF>A Flexible Indexing System</SF>

## Roger Kehr

### Computer Science Department, Technical University of Darmstadt

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## Joachim Schrod

### Joachim Schrod Net & Publication Consultance GmbH

Tutorial, Edition March 1997 for xindy version 1.1

This is a tutorial on writing style files for the <SF>xindy</SF> indexing system [5]. <SF>xindy</SF> is a general purpose index processor that can be configured for a variety of document preparation systems. We will demonstrate step by step the incremental specification of a complete index style. The examples are based on indexes that are delivered with the system so one can get acquainted with it practically.

Caution: This tutorial does not describe the complete style file language. In particular, description of rule sets, the multi-run approach, and standard modules are missing.

## 1. About <SF>xindy</SF>

## 2. A Basic Introduction

- 2.1 Running <SF>xindy</SF>
- 2.2 Adding some Markup
- 2.3 Keyword Mappings
- 2.4 Letter Groups

## 3. Advanced Features

- 3.1 Location Classes
- 3.2 Hierarchical Location Classes
- 3.3 More about Letter Groups

## 4. References

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