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Integrated Glossary and Index

A large number of different pieces of software are required to make LATEX2HTML work effectively, as well as many files containing data or code to work with parts of this software. For this reason, a Glossary is included with this manual. It contains the names of all files, configuration variables, application software and related technical terms, with a short description of what it is, or does, and perhaps a URL for further reference.


In the printed version each item in the Glossary is accompanied by the page-numbers on which the item is mentioned, somewhat like in the Index. For the HTML version, each glossary-item contains a hyperlink to an index-entry, which then has links to each occurrence. These extra index-entries do not appear in the printed version; indeed they also contain a hyperlink back to the corresponding glossary-entry.

This feature is currently available only when using the makeidx package, and needs also the html and htmllist packages. It was developed for version 96.1f by Ross Moore, incorporating an extensive revision of makeidx.perl, as well as additions to LATEX2HTML so that all aspects of indexing work correctly with segmented documents.


Since LATEX provides no guidelines for how a Glossary should be constructed, the technique used here will be explained in detail, for both the printed and HTML versions.


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 Ross Moore 1991-03-26    Processed by LaTeX2HTML-FU