An ist file extension is related to the MakeIndex (TeX) style index format.
IST file extension - MakeIndex (TeX) style index
What is ist file? How to open ist files?
File type specification:
The ist file extension is also used by TeX, a typesetting system designed and mostly written by Donald Knuth.
Together with the METAFONT language for font description and the Computer Modern typefaces, it was designed with two main goals in mind: to allow anybody to produce high-quality books using a reasonable amount of effort, and to provide a system that would give the exact same results on all computers, now and in the future. Within the typesetting system, its name is formatted as TeX.
TeX is considered by many to be the best way to typeset complex mathematical formulae.
TeX is popular in academia, especially in the mathematics and physics communities. It has largely displaced Unix troff, the other favored formatter, in many Unix installations, which use both for different purposes. It is now also being used for many other typesetting tasks, especially in the form of LaTeX and other template packages.
The default software associated to open ist file:
Company or developer:
LaTeX Project Development Team
A document preparation system for high-quality typesetting, LaTeX is used to create medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing.
List of software applications associated to the .ist file extension
Recommended software programs are sorted by OS platform (Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android etc.)
and possible program actions that can be done with the file: like open ist file, edit ist file, convert ist file, view ist file, play ist file etc. (if exist software for corresponding action in File-Extensions.org's database).
Hint:
Click on the tab below to simply browse between the application actions, to quickly get a list of recommended software, which is able to perform the specified software action, such as opening, editing or converting ist files.
Programs that can create ist file - MakeIndex (TeX) style index
Programs supporting the exension ist on the main platforms Windows, Mac, Linux or mobile. Click on the link to get more information about LaTeX for create ist file action.