main.tex

% ********** NO NEED TO EDIT THIS FILE UNLESS MODIFYING THE LAYOUT ! **********
% If you want to edit the course title, code and date, please edit 'config.tex'
% *****************************************************************************
% 
% TeX build command:
%   makeindex %.idx -s ../lib/std.ist|
%       pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode %.tex|
%       evince %.pdf|
%       cp %.idx %.idx.bak|
%       rm %.ilg %.ind %.aux %.synctex.gz
% 
% FONT SIZES :
%  \tiny, \scriptsize, \footnotesize, \small, \normalsize, \large, \LARGE, \huge, \HUGE

\documentclass[a4paper,10pt]{article}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
\usepackage{multicol}
\usepackage{makeidx}
\usepackage{vmargin}
\usepackage{pdfescape}
\usepackage{forloop}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage[document]{ragged2e}
\usepackage{csvsimple}

% setmarginsrb{1}{2}{3}{4}{5}{6}{7}{8}
%  1) Left margin       5) Header heigth
%  2) Top margin        6) Distance between header and text
%  3) Right margin      7) Footer heigth
%  4) Bottom margin     8) Distance between text and footer
\setmarginsrb{1.5cm}{.8cm}{1.5cm}{1cm}{1cm}{.7cm}{1cm}{1.5cm}

% import commands from config.text for defining course's title, code and date for use hereafter
\input{data.tex}

% additional commands for the document
\newcommand{\comment}[1]{}						 % allows to write comments in the .idx file

% additional commands for the index references
\newcommand{\blankline}[0]{\hspace{\linewidth}}  % fills the reference line with blank
%\newcommand{\book}[2]{\coursecode.#1--#2}		 % displays a code when using \book, e.g. BOOK2-17 for "Book 2 - page 17"
\newcommand{\book}[2]{#1--#2}		 % displays a code when using \book, e.g. BOOK2-17 for "Book 2 - page 17"
\newcommand{\lab}[1]{L#1}						 % displays a code when using \lab, e.g. L3 for "Lab 3"
\newcounter{i}
\newcommand{\rate}[1]{ \forloop{i}{0}{\value{i}<#1}{$\star$} }  % displays stars, e.g. for rating a tool

% additional commands for graphics in the index references
\DeclareGraphicsExtensions{.png}
\newcommand{\linux}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/linux} }
\newcommand{\mac}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/mac} }
\newcommand{\win}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/windows} }
\newcommand{\all}[0]{\includegraphics[height=9pt]{../lib/cross-platform} }
\newcommand{\solar}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/solaris} }
\newcommand{\script}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/script} }
\newcommand{\portable}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/portable} }
\newcommand{\web}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/web} }
\newcommand{\cloud}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/cloud} }
\newcommand{\coin}[0]{\includegraphics[height=6pt]{../lib/dollar} }
\newcommand{\note}[0]{\includegraphics[height=8pt]{../lib/note} }
\newcommand{\q}[0]{\includegraphics[height=6pt]{../lib/question} }

% miscellaneous additional commands and shortcuts
\newcommand{\bs}[0]{\textbackslash }               % shortcut for \textbackslash
\newcommand{\cmd}[1]{\texttt{\normalsize #1}}      % displays a text in command format (styled with Courrier New font)
\newcommand{\cmds}[1]{\texttt{\small #1}}		   % command in small format
\newcommand{\cmdxs}[1]{\texttt{\footnotesize #1}}  % command in extra small format
\newcommand{\goto}[0]{$\to$ }

% document definition
\title{\coursetitle}
\date{\coursedate}
\fancyhf{}
\fancyhead[C]{\LARGE\textbf{\coursetitle}}
\fancyfoot[L]{{\includegraphics[height=16pt]{../lib/cc-by}\hskip10pt\vbox{\hbox{\scriptsize This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, by A. Cailliau}\vskip-2pt\hbox{\scriptsize Template by A. D'hondt, https://github.com/dhondta/tex-course-index-template}}}}
\fancyfoot[C]{}
\fancyfoot[R]{\thepage}
\pagestyle{fancy}
\makeatletter
\renewenvironment{theindex}{%
	\setlength{\columnseprule}{0cm}
	\setlength{\columnsep}{1cm}
	\setlength{\parindent}{0cm}
	\setlength{\parskip}{0cm}
	\thispagestyle{plain}
	\let\item\@idxitem
	\relax
	\begin{multicols}{2}}%
	{\end{multicols}}  
\let\ps@plain\ps@fancy
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\printindex
\end{document}