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                SplitIndex Installation Guide

                           2016-02-18


INTRODUCTION
============

If you know how to install LaTeX packages and how to install binary
programs, just do it. If you don't know, read the following. If you
are using a system which provides a bash and gnu tools, you may try
install.sh for installation. See

    ./install.sh --help

for more information.

But you may also try the following step by step installation:

HOW TO INSTALL SplitIndex FROM A TDS-ARCHIVE
============================================

Some distributors may use a SplitIndex TDS-archive for distributing
SplitIndex.  SplitIndex TDS-archive may be installed very easily.
The SplitIndex TDS-archive has following contents:

  +- doc/
  |  +- latex/
  |  |  +- splitindex/
  |  |     +- README
  |  |     +- install.txt
  |  |     +- manifest.txt
  |  |     +- splitidx.pdf
  |  +- man/
  |     +- man1/
  |        +- splitindex.1
  +- tex/
  |  +- generic/
  |     +- splitindex/
  |        +- splitindex.tex
  |  +- latex/
  |     +- splitindex/
  |        +- splitidx.sty
  +- scripts/
  |  +- splitindex/
  |     +- splitindex.pl
  |     +- splitindex.tlu
  |     +- splitindex_main.tlu
  +- source/
     +- latex/
        +- splitindex/
           +- install.sh
           +- splitidx.dtx
           +- splitidx.ins
           +- splitindex.c
           +- splitindex.java

If you don't have such an archive, continue reading at 1st step of ``HOW TO
GENERATE THE splitidx PACKAGE''.  If you have such an archive - we will use
the file name ``splitindex.tds.zip'' in the following - you may continue 
with:

A)   Have a look where your LaTeX Distribution searchs for files. 
     With TeX Live you can ask kpathsea for this, e.g. using a unix
     shell:

        kpsexpand \$TEXMFLOCAL

     to use the local texmf tree or:

        kpsexpand \$TEXMFHOME

     to use your private texmf tree. Following uses ``<TEXMF>'' to 
     be a synonym for the texmf tree you want to use.

B)   Extract splitindex.tds.zip at <TEXMF> with all the subdirectories of
     the splitindex.tds.zip but without generating additional 
     subdirectories, e.g., using:

        cd <TEXMF>
        unzip splitindex.tds.zip

     or any other zip extraction programm.

C)   Continue with 5th or 6th step at ``HOW TO INSTALL THE EXECUTABLES''.

D)   Call the program, which is used to update the filename data
     base, e.g., texhash or mktexlsr if you are using teTeX/TeX Live.

E)   Read ``HOW TO TEST YOUR INSTALLATION'' at the end of this 
     documentation.


HOW TO GENERATE THE splitidx PACKAGE
====================================

You need this only, if you don't have a SplitIndex TDS-archive, but want
to install SplitIndex from a basic SplitIndex distribution.  If you have 
already done the SplitIndex TDS-archive installation discribed above, you
should skip this section.

1st) Process splitidx.ins with TeX or LaTeX, e.g. using the following
     input at a command shell (e.g. bash or command.com):

        latex splitidx.ins

     Maybe you'll be asked, if you want to overwrite existing files. 
     Answer this question with yes.

2nd) Have a look where your LaTeX Distribution searchs for files. 
     With TeX Live you can ask kpathsea for this, e.g. using a unix
     shell:

        kpsexpand \$TEXMFLOCAL

     to use the local texmf tree or:

        kpsexpand \$TEXMFHOME

     to use your private texmf tree. Following uses ``<TEXMF>'' to 
     be a synonym for the texmf tree you want to use.

3rd) Create folder <TEXMF>/tex/latex/splitindex (at Windows:
     <TEXMF>\tex\latex\splitindex), if it doesn't exist. Copy 
     splitidx.sty to this folder.

4th) Create folder <TEXMF>/scripts/splitindex (at Windows:
     <TEXMF>\scripts\latex\splitindex), if it doesn't exist. Copy
     splitindex.pl, splitindex.tlu and splitindex_main.tlu to this folder.

5th) Call the program, which is used to update the filename data
     base, e.g. texhash or mktexlsr if you are using teTeX/TeX Live.


HOW TO INSTALL THE EXECUTABLE
=============================

You need only one of the executables splitindex.pl or splitindex.tlu.
I recommend to use splitindex.pl, but if your system doesn't provide perl
but TeXLua, you may use splitindex.tlu instead.

To install splitindex.pl or splitindex.tlu on Windows:

5th) Rename a copy of runscript.exe into splitindex.exe and copy it
     into the binary folder of your TeX installation. You may simply search
     for runscript.exe itself to find the binary folder.

To install splitindex.pl or splitindex.tlu on Linux, OpenBSD, OS X,
OpenSolaris etc.:

6th) Copy splitindex.pl or splitindex.tlu to the binary folder of your TeX
     installation and rename it into splitindex. You may simply do a
     `which pdflatex' to find the binary folder. Make splitindex executable
     for everybody using e.g. `chmod a+x splitindex'.


HOW TO GET A REAL BINARY
========================

If you don't like scripts, you may make a real binary from the C source file
splitindex.c and install that instead of the script. If your getopt library
doesn't support long options, you may define NO_LONGOPT. In this case the code
for long options won't be compiled. I recommend to use either the perl or the
TeXLua script.


HOW TO GENERATE THE MANUAL
==========================

7th) process splitidx.dtx with LaTeX to generate the user manual of
     splitidx and SplitIndex, e.g. using the following input at a 
     command shell:

        pdflatex splitidx.dtx
        pdflatex splitidx.dtx
        mkindex splitidx
        pdflatex splitidx.dtx

     or (if you do not have the mkindex script):

        pdflatex splitidx.dtx
        pdflatex splitidx.dtx
        makeindex -s gind.ist splitidx
        makeindex -s gglo.ist -o splitidx.gls splitidx.glo
        pdflatex splitidx.dtx

     You may print the resulting splitidx.pdf.

8th) read the manual you produced at 7th step.


HOW TO TEST YOUR INSTALLATION
=============================

Use the following LaTeX source to test the installation. See
splitidx.pdf to learn to know how to do this.

\documentclass{article} %  We use \Class{article} class ...
\usepackage{splitidx} % ... and the \Package{splitidx} package
\makeindex %  And we want index generation
\usepackage{hyperref}
%  We define 4 indices:
\newindex[General Index]{idx} %  Name and shortcut of the 1st index
\newindex[Index of Animals]{ani} %  ... 2nd index
\newindex[Index of Fruits]{fru} %  ... 3rd index
\newindex[Index of Vegetables]{veg} % ... \dots\ 4th index

\begin{document}
Apples\sindex[fru]{apple} %  an entry to fru index
and oranges\sindex[fru]{orange} %  an entry to fru index
are fruits\sindex{fruits}. %  an implicite entry to idx index
Tomatos\sindex[veg]{tomato} %  an entry to veg index
are vegetables\index{vegetables}. %  an implicite entry to idx index
Cats\sindex[ani]{cat} %  an entry to ani index
are animals\sindex[idx]{animals}. %  an explicite entry to idx index

\twocolumn[%
 \section*{Indices}%
 \markboth{Indices}{Indices}%
]
\printsubindex* %  print all indices
\end{document}

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