On Thu, 3 Feb 2011 15:07:51 -0600
Tom Browder <> wrote:
> I have a medium sized document in docbook xml format. I want to make
> an index but am too lazy to go through it manually for a first order
> cut. I would rather auto-generate one and then fine tune it as I have
> time.
>
> Before I lay out my proposed method, I don't want to reinvent the
> wheel: does anyone have any pointers to any auto-indexing tools for
> DB?
Sorry Tom, IMHO it is a long and boring job best suited for a human.
Think of a couple of the terms you might want to index, then search for
them. In a fair sized document it is amazing how often they crop up in
'the wrong' place.
I guess it depends on the quality of the index you want to create.
I found the best support is from a good macro. Highlight the word/phrase
then use one of a couple of macros to insert primary/secondary term
markup. Emacs is great for this kind of job
HTH
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