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The program makeindex is a general purpose hierarchical index
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generator; it accepts one or more input files (often produced by a
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text formatter such as TeX or troff, sorts the entries, and produces
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an output file which can be formatted. The index can have up to three
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levels (0, 1, and 2) of subitem nesting. The way in which words are
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flagged for indexing within the main document is specific to the
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formatter used; makeindex does not automate the process of selecting
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these words. As the output index is hierarchical, makeindex can be
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considered complimentary to the awk-based make.index system of Bentley
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and Kernighan, which is specific to troff, generates non-hierarchical
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indices, and employs a much simpler syntax for indicating index
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entries.
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