Re: [docbook-apps] Another index-related question

["Bob Stayton" <bobs@sagehill.net>]

Hi Dick,
Easier than you imagine.  The index element supports title and block 
elements like a chapter.  If there are no indexentry elements, then the 
stylesheet will built it automatically after your intro text.  Something 
like:

<index>
 <para>My intro goes here.</para>
</index>

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net

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Subject: [docbook-apps] Another index-related question

> As long as I'm harping on indexes, is there an easy way to get 
> introductory text into the beginning of a generated index? I'd like to 
> have a paragraph that describes typographical conventions in the index, or 
> for another use case, be able to introduce a specialized index.
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> I could do this by hand, after the index is generated, but if there is a 
> better, cleaner way to do this, it would be nice.
>
> Best Regards,
> Dick
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