Make glossary defined terms bold

Question

I have defined a lot of terms with the glossaries package and use them in my text with the \gls{} command. However, I'd like terms called with \gls{} to appear bold, so people know that it is a term defined in the glossary. What command do I have to renew and how to achieve this?

Thanks in advance,

Answer 1

The glossaries package offers the command \glstextformat to control the way the text is displayed, so you can write

\renewcommand*{\glstextformat}[1]{\textbf{#1}}

or

\renewcommand*{\glstextformat}{\textbf}

in the preamble of your document.

Answer 2

I don't know whether \gls is your command or an external one, to whose definition you don't have easy access. If the latter, then you can do something like

\let\oldgls=\gls
\renewcommand\gls[1]{\textbf{\oldgls{#1}}}

(This sort of manipulation can be automated using patch.) If the former, then, rather than devoting a new command to it, you can just replace your definition

\newcommand\gls[1]{...}

by

\newcommand\gls[1]{\textbf{...}}