%%
%% blankidx.sty
%%
%% crutch to get the hyperrefs working properly
%%
%% The environment 'theindex' is renewed such that
%% - there is no printing of the index title
%% - original twocolumn mode is not changed
%%
%% This requires for \printindex[...] to be called in
%% adjusted twocolumn mode and with an appropriate heading.
%% What worked for me was this:
%%
%% \newindex{abbreviations}{adx}{and}{Abbreviations}
%% ...
%% \setlength{\columnseprule}{0pt}
%% \setlength{\columnsep}{15mm}
%% \begin{twocolumn}
%% \chapter*{Abbreviations}
%% \addcontentsline{toc}{part}{Abbreviations}
%% \printindex[abbreviations]
%% \end{twocolumn}
%% 
%% There might be more elegant ways to achieve what I wanted.
%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% Synopsis:
%%  Thesis writing, hyperref
%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% @FILE:    blankidx.sty
%% @PLACE:   Acer Notebook
%% @FORMAT:  LaTeX 2e
%% @AUTHOR:  M. Oliver M'o'ller  <omoeller@verify-it.de>
%% @BEGUN:   Sat Feb 16 16:36:15 2002
%% @VERSION: Sun Feb 17 13:00:09 2002
%% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%% 
\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e}
%% ----------------------------------------------------
\ProvidesPackage{blankidx}[2002/02/16]
\renewenvironment{theindex}{%
        \if@twocolumn
            \@restonecolfalse
        \else
            \@restonecoltrue
        \fi
        \bigskip
        \thispagestyle{plain}%
        \parindent\z@
        \parskip\z@ \@plus .3\p@\relax
        \let\item\@idxitem
    }{%
        \if@restonecol
            \onecolumn
        \else
            \clearpage
        \fi
    }

\endinput