Text Formatting ⇒ Text in Subject index with multind.sty

[Zoran S]

I try to make two indices at the end of the book. For one of them I would like to add some text right above the title. There is a simple example:

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\documentclass{book}

\usepackage{multind}\ProvidesPackage{multind}

\makeindex{first} \makeindex{second}

\begin{document}
test\index{first}{test}, some text test 2\index{second}{test 2} some text.

\indextext{I want this text above the title of the first index.}
\printindex{first}{First Index}
\printindex{second}{Second Index}
\end{document}

But I got the same text in both indices. So, how to restrict it to the first index only?

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Zoran,

here is an example which patches \printindex.

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\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{multind}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\newcommand*{\indextext}{text above the title of the first index\par}
\patchcmd{\printindex}{\Large\bf}{\indextext\Large\bf}{}

\makeindex{first} \makeindex{second}

\begin{document}
test\index{first}{test}, some text test 2\index{second}{test 2} some text.

\printindex{first}{First Index}
\renewcommand*{\indextext}{}
\printindex{second}{Second Index}
\end{document}

Stefan

[Zoran S]

Package etoolbox error: Not running under E-Tex.

But I found another solution. Thanks!

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi Zoran,

most modern TeX installation use E-TeX. Which TeX are you using?

But I found another solution.

how did you make it? It would be great if you would post it here. People are usually googling for solutions and may get here with a similar problem. If people would always just find "found it", "fixed it", without the actual solution, they might feel disappointed.

Stefan

[Zoran S]

Hi Stefan,

You re correct about old version of MikTex. I had 2.2, today I upgrade it to 2.9. I also did not fix the problem correctly (in my way). I have just putted

printindex{first{First Index\\ \bigskip
\footnotesize{text above the title}}

This works unless I want to insert the title into the toc.

Now, I returned to your solution. It works in your simple example, but does not in my file. After I applied it I received the message:

! Latex Error: Command \indextext already defined

My documentclass is cambridge7A. If I rename \indextext to \indextextA, it compiles regularly, but does not produce the text above the title. In fact, what do I need is the text below the the title of the first index.

[Johannes_B]

Can you try to get us some useful code? Nicola Talbot describes the algorithm to get it at creating a minimal working example.

btw: Package multind is very very old. I suggest to have a look at splitindex and co.

[Zoran S]

I know about makeind, but this package is required by the publisher. Below you can see the code sample. Let someone insert what is needed.

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\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}[1996/06/01]

  \documentclass{cambridge7A}

\usepackage{mathptmx, amsmath, amsfonts, amssymb, amstext}
\usepackage{multicol}

\usepackage[figuresright]{rotating}
\usepackage{rotating}
\usepackage{floatpag}
\rotfloatpagestyle{empty}


\usepackage{amsthm}
\usepackage{graphicx}


\def\makeRRlabeldot#1{\hss\llap{#1}}
\renewcommand\theenumi{{\rm (\roman{enumi})}}
\renewcommand\theenumii{{\rm (\alph{enumii})}}
\renewcommand\theenumiii{{\rm (\arabic{enumiii})}}
\renewcommand\theenumiv{{\rm (\Alph{enumiv})}}


\def\d#1{{\hspace{0.5mm}\raise0.7ex\hbox{-}\kern-0.5em #1}}



\def\Line{{\rm Line}}

\def\theendA{ \hfill $\square$  \medskip }
\def\theend{ \hfill $\blacksquare$  \medskip }

  \usepackage{multind}\ProvidesPackage{multind}
  \makeindex{subj}
  \makeindex{ineq}

  \usepackage[number=none]{glossary}


  \setcounter{tocdepth}{2}

  \newcommand\cambridge{cambridge7A}

\begin{document}

\title[]{\textsc{Inequalities for Graph Eigenvalues}}


\frontmatter \maketitle \tableofcontents


\mainmatter

\backmatter

\printindex{ineq}{Inequalities}


 \printindex{subj}{Subject Index}

\end{document}

[Johannes_B]

The example you just gave seems to be as old as multind itself. A lot of the commands therein became obsolete when multind did, back in 1994.

So i think, even though you are using a hack, it works.