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NAME
mendex - Japanese index processor
SYNOPSIS
mendex [-ilqrcgfEJSU] [-s sty] [-d dic] [-o ind] [-t log] [-p no] [-I
enc] [--help] [--] [ idx0 idx1 idx2 ...]
DESCRIPTION
The program mendex is a general purpose hierarchical index generator;
it accepts one or more input files (.idx; often produced by a text for-
matter such as LaTeX), sorts the entries, and produces an output file
which can be formatted. It is almost compatible with makeindex, and ad-
ditional feature for handling readings of kanji words is also avail-
able.
The formats of the input and output files are specified in a style
file. The readings of kanji words can be specified in a dictionary
file.
The index can have up to three levels (0, 1, and 2) of subitem nesting.
OPTIONS
-i Take input from stdin, even when index files are specified.
-l Set ´sort by character order´. By default, ´sort by word or-
der´ is used. Details are described below.
-q Quiet mode; send no message to stderr, except error messages
and warnings.
-r Disable implicit page range formation. By default, three or
more successive pages are automatically abbreviated as a
range (e.g. 1–5).
-c Compress sequence of intermediate blanks (space(s) and/or
tab(s)) into a space and ignore leading and trailing
blank(s). By default, blanks in the index key are retained.
-g Make Japanese index head A-line (A, Ka, Sa, ...; 10 charac-
ters) of the gojuon table (Japanese syllabary). By default,
all 48 characters in the gojuon table are used.
-f Force to output Kanji characters even non-existent in dictio-
naries.
-s sty Employ sty as the style file.
-d dic Employ dic as the dictionary file. The dictionary file is
composed of lists of <index_word reading>.
-o ind Employ ind as the output index file. By default, the file
name is created by appending the extension ind to the base
name of the first input file.
-t log Employ log as the transcript file. By default, the file name
is created by appending the extension ilg to the base name of
the first input file.
-p no Set the starting page number of the output index list to be
no. The argument no may be numerical or one of the following:
any (the next page to the end of contents), odd (the next odd
page to the end of contents), even (the next even page to the
end of contents).
-E Set input/output character encoding to EUC-JP.
-J Set input/output character encoding to JIS (ISO-2022-JP).
-S Set input/output character encoding to Shift_JIS.
-U Set input/output character encoding to UTF-8.
-I enc Set internal character encoding to enc. The argument enc may
be euc (EUC-JP) or utf8 (UTF-8). The default is set to utf8.
--help Show summary of options.
-- Arguments after -- are not taken as options. This is useful
when the input file name starts with '-'.
STYLE FILE
The style file informs mendex about the format of the idx input files
and the intended format of the final output file. The format is upper
compatible with the one for makeindex. The style file contains a list
of <specifier attribute> pairs. There are two types of specifiers: in-
put and output. Pairs do not have to appear in any particular order.
A line begun by ´%´ is a comment.
Input file style parameter
keyword <string> "\\indexentry"
Command with an argument of index entry
which is going to be processed.
arg_open <char> ´{´
Opening delimiter which shows the begin-
ning of index entry.
arg_close <char> ´}´
Closing delimiter which shows the end of
index entry.
range_open <char> ´(´
Opening delimiter which shows the begin-
ning of page range.
range_close <char> ´)´
Closing delimiter which shows the end of
page range.
level <char> ´!´
Delimiter which shows lower level.
actual <char> ´@´
Symbol which shows the next sequence is
to appear as index strings in the output
file.
encap <char> ´|´
Symbol which shows the next sequence is
to be used as command name attached to
the page number.
page_compositor <string> "-"
Separator between page levels for a style
with multi-levels of page numbers.
page_precedence <string> "rnaRA"
Priority of expression for page number.
´R´ and ´r´ correspond to Roman. ´n´ cor-
responds to arabic numeral. ´A´ and ´a´
correspond to Latin alphabet.
quote <char> ´"´
Escape character for mendex parameters.
escape <char> ´\\´
Escape character for general scripts.
Output file style parameter
preamble <string> "\\begin{theindex}\n"
Preamble of output file.
postamble <string> "\n\n\\end{theindex}\n"
Postamble of output file.
setpage_prefix <string> "\n \\setcounter{page}{"
Prefix of page number if start page is
designated.
setpage_suffix <string> "}\n"
Suffix of page number if start page is
designated.
group_skip <string> "\n\n \\indexspace\n"
Strings to insert vertical space before
new section of index.
lethead_prefix <string> ""
Prefix of heading for newly appeared
heading letter.
heading_prefix <string> ""
Same as lethead_prefix. (compatible with
makeindex)
lethead_suffix <string> ""
Suffix of heading for newly appeared
heading letter.
heading_suffix <string> ""
Same as lethead_suffix. (compatible with
makeindex)
lethead_flag <number> 0
Flag to control output of heading let-
ters. ´0´, ´1´ and ´-1´ respectively de-
notes no output, uppercase and lowercase.
heading_flag <number> 0
Same as lethead_flag. (Note: makeindex
uses a different name headings_flag)
item_0 <string> "\n \\item "
Command sequence inserted between primary
level entries.
item_1 <string> "\n \\subitem "
Command sequence inserted between sub
level entries.
item_2 <string> "\n \\subsubitem "
Command sequence inserted between subsub
level entries.
item_01 <string> "\n \\subitem "
Command sequence inserted between primaly
and sub level entries.
item_x1 <string> "\n \\subitem "
Command sequence inserted between primary
and sub level entries when main entry
does not have page number.
item_12 <string> "\n \\subsubitem "
Command sequence inserted between sub and
subsub level entries.
item_x2 <string> "\n \\subsubitem "
Command sequence inserted between sub and
subsub level entries when sub level entry
does not have page number.
delim_0 <string> ", "
Delimiter string between primary level
entry and first page number.
delim_1 <string> ", "
Delimiter string between sub level entry
and first page number.
delim_2 <string> ", "
Delimiter string between subsub level en-
try and first page number.
delim_n <string> ", "
Delimiter string between page numbers
commonly used for any entry level.
delim_r <string> "--"
Delimiter string between pages to show
page range.
delim_t <string> ""
Delimiter string output at the end of
page number list.
suffix_2p <string> ""
String to be inserted in place of delim_n
and the next page number when the two
pages are contiguous.
It works only when the parameter is defined.
suffix_3p <string> ""
String to be inserted in place of delim_r
and the third page number when the three
pages are contiguous. The parameter is
prior to suffix_mp.
It works only when the parameter is defined.
suffix_mp <string> ""
String to be inserted in place of delim_r
and the last page number when the three
or more pages are contiguous.
It works only when the parameter is defined.
encap_prefix <string> "\\"
Prefix for an encapsulating command when
the encapsulating command is added to the
page number.
encap_infix <string> "{"
Prefix just before the page number when
the encapsulating command is added to the
page number.
encap_suffix <string> "}".
Suffix after the page number when the en-
capsulating command is added to the page
number.
line_max <number> 72
Maximum number of one line. If exceed
the number, lines are folded.
indent_space <string> ""
Space for indent which inserted to top of
folded line.
indent_length <number> 16
Length of space for indent which inserted
to top of folded line.
symhead_positive <string> "Symbols"
Strings to output as heading letter for
numbers and symbols when lethead_flag or
heading_flag is positive number.
symhead_negative <string> "symbols"
Strings to output as heading letter for
numbers and symbols when lethead_flag or
heading_flag is negative number.
symbol <string> ""
Strings to output as heading letter for
numbers and symbols when symbol_flag is
non zero.
If specified, the option is prior to symhead_positive and symhead_nega-
tive. (Extended by mendex)
symbol_flag <number> 1
Flag to output of symbol. If ´0´, do not
output. (Extended by mendex)
letter_head <number> 1
Flag of heading letter for Japanese Kana.
If ´1´ and ´2´, Katakana and Hiragana is
used, respectively. (Extended by mendex)
priority <number> 0
Flag of sorting method for index words
composed of Japanese and non-Japanese
(ex. Latin scripts). If non zero, one
space (U+20) is inserted between Japanese
sequence and non-Japanese sequence in
sorting procedure. (Extended by mendex)
character_order <string> "SNEJ"
Order of scripts and symbols. ´S´, ´N´,
´E´ and ´J´ respectively denotes symbol,
numbers, English and Japanese. (Extended
by mendex) Please make sure that ´S´ and
´N´ are next to each other, since mendex
considers numbers as part of symbol.
ABOUT JAPANESE PROCESSING
mendex has an additional feature to simplify the procedure of handling
Japanese indexes, compared to makeindex. Users can save the effort of
manually specifying a reading for every kanji word.
Japanese kanji words are usually sorted by the syllables of their read-
ings (´Yomi´), which can be represented by kana (Hiragana, Katakana)
scripts. mendex accepts index words specified in kana expression di-
rectly on an input file, and also accepts conversion from index words
to kana scripts by referring to Japanese dictionaries.
Examples of internal simplification of syllables are shown below.
かぶしきがいしゃ かふしきかいしや
マッキントッシュ まつきんとつしゆ
ワープロ わあふろ
The dictionary file consists of list with <´index_word´ ´reading´>.
The index word can be written in any scripts (kanji, kana, etc), and
the reading must be in Hiragana or Katakana scripts. The delimiter be-
tween the index word and its reading is one or more tab(s) or space(s).
An example of a Japanese dictionary is shown below.
漢字 かんじ
読み よみ
環境 かんきょう
α アルファ
Here, each index word is allowed to have only one Yomi. Though some
kanji words (ex. 「表」) may have more than one Yomi´s (ex. 「ひょう」 and
「おもて」), only one of them can be registered in the dictionary. When
some different Yomi´s are needed, they should be specified explicitly
in kana expression (ex. \index{ひょう@表} or \index{おもて@表}) on the input
file.
Moreover, a dictionary file is automatically referred by setting the
file name at an environment variable INDEXDEFAULTDICTIONARY. The dic-
tionary set by the environment variable can be used together with
file(s) specified by -d option.
ABOUT SORTING PROCEDURE
mendex sorts indexes as is (´sort by word order´) by default. Setting
-l option, spaces between words in an index are truncated prior to
sorting procedure (´sort by character order´).
Even when sort by character order, the index at output remains the
original sequence without the truncation.
Follows show an example.
sort by word order sort by character order
X Window Xlib
Xlib XView
XView X Window
In addition, two sorting methods can be applied for indexes which con-
tains both Japanese kana and other scripts (e.g. Latin script). By
setting priority 0 (default) and 1 at a style file, a space between Ja-
panese Kana and other scripts is inserted and not inserted respec-
tively, prior to the sorting procedure.
Follows show an example.
priority=0 priority=1
index sort indファイル
indファイル index sort
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
mendex refers environment variables as follows.
INDEXSTYLE
Directory where index style files exist.
INDEXDEFAULTSTYLE
Index style file to be referred to as default.
INDEXDICTIONARY
Directory where dictionary files exist.
INDEXDEFAULTDICTIONARY
Dictionary file which is automatically read.
DETAIL
Detailed specification is compatible with makeindex.
KNOWN ISSUES
When plural page number expression is used, .idx files should be speci-
fied along with the order of page numbers. Otherwise, wrong page num-
bers might be output.
SEE ALSO
tex(1), latex(1), makeindex(1)
AUTHOR
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