Index "see..." Cross-reference Broken in User Guide

Joel Kulesza jkulesza at gmail.com
Thu Dec 12 00:14:13 UTC 2019


On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 4:59 PM Andrew Parsloe <ajparsloe at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> On 12/12/2019 12:36 pm, Joel Kulesza wrote:
>
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 4:01 PM Andrew Parsloe <ajparsloe at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 12/12/2019 2:55 am, Joel Kulesza wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:07 AM Axel Dessecker <adessec at gwdg.de> wrote:
>>
>>> Am Dienstag, 10. Dezember 2019, 23:53:24 CET schrieb Joel Kulesza:
>>>
>>> > Has anyone else observed that the "See..." cross-references in the User
>>> > Guide index fail to render?
>>> >
>>> > For example, using LyX 2.3.3 the "GIF|see{Image Formats}" in Section
>>> 4.4.1
>>> > of the User Guide does not make an entry for GIF or anything indicating
>>> > that something else should be seen.
>>>
>>> I cannot confirm your observation. I have the user guide in German and
>>> the
>>> cross-reference command for GIF you are mentioning correctly creates a
>>> list
>>> entry for “Grafikformate” (image formats). This is LyX 2.3.3 and Linux
>>> (openSUSE).
>>>
>>
>> Axel,
>>
>> Thank you for testing.  Weird.  I cannot see it (see attached with no
>> "GIF" entry int he index).  I've tried on various flavors of macOS with
>> TeXLive 2017, 2018, and 2019.  All fail. I also tried on RHEL7, with LyX
>> 2.3.2 and TeXLive 2018, and it also fails.
>>
>> I'm glad to know it works, at least for someone.  I'll continue digging,
>> but I'd be happy to know if anyone else sees GIF in the index pointing to
>> Image Formats, or not.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Joel
>>
>> Like Axel, I get the "GIF see Image formats" entry produced in the index.
>> This is LyX 2.3.3, the English User's Guide, on a Windows 10 machine. Under
>> "Images" there is a subheading "Formats  71".
>>
>> Andrew
>>
> Andrew,
>
> To confirm: you see an entry for "GIF" in the index?
>
> My understanding from Section 6.6.3 of the User Guide is that it should
> exist and point to Image Formats as a cross reference.  However, I do not
> see that and I believe Axel indicated that he didn't look for the GIF
> entry.
>
> The cross-referencing entry for GIF that I'm missing (and want to have in
> my own document).
>
> Thanks,
> Joel
>
> Yes, I copied the "GIF see Image formats" entry from the index of a
> just-compiled User's Guide. It's there, along with similar entries for JPG,
> SVG, PNG and EPS. In case it's relevant the index has numerous other see
> references, e.g., "Bindings see Key Bindings", "Formulas see Math",
> "Glossary see Nomenclature", "Ligatures see Typography", and as a
> subheading under "LYX", "Reconfigure see Reconfiguration of LYX".
>
> Andrew
>

Darn, OK, thanks.  I'll hunt around some more to see if I can provoke it
into appearing.  A question: are you using MikTeX or TeXLive?

Thanks,
Joel
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