Keyword Indexes

Introduction

It is often useful to have one or more keyword indexes for a large suites of pages. MTX will build these indexes for you automatically. All you have to do is provide a properly formatted list of words and phrases to be indexed.

Keyword Layout

Use the keyword switch with the "%LAYOUT" tag to indicate that the page is an index:

  %LAYOUT keyword

The noindex or cover switch excludes the page from indexing:

  %LAYOUT noindex

Keyword Tag

Each index entry should be proceeded by the backslash (\) tag as the first character on the line. Synonyms can be delimited by subsequent tags on the same line:

  \Hypertext Markup Language\HTML

The entry will be listed by the first term on the line. The synonyms are not listed. Note that index terms can appear anywhere on the page and do not have to be in alphabetical order.

Limitations

The MTX indexing capability is functional but far from perfect. Here is a list of known limitations:

• Cannot distinguish whole from partial words (the vs there vs their)
• Cannot match phrases that span more than one line
• Cannot match double quote ("), greater than (>), or less than (<) characters