# Using permute with glossaries

There is a problem with using the package permute with glossaries.

A minimal working example: (by the way a minimal working example to show how an "index of notation" can be created)

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{permute}

\newglossaryentry{root}{name=\ensuremath{\sqrt{(12)}},description={a square root}}

%% uncomment the following line and the problem appears
%\newglossaryentry{permutation}{name=\ensuremath{\pmt{(12)}},description={a permutation}}

\makeglossaries
\begin{document}
Permutations in the text work well $\pmt{(123)(45)}$.
\printglossary
\end{document}


If the Perl script "makeglossaries" is available, run this with:

pdflatex filename
makeglossaries filename
pdflatex filename


Uncommenting the line in the source code leads to:

! Undefined control sequence.
\pmt@GetPrintArgs #1->\let \pmt@order [...]


Is there a possibility to use \pmt in the glossary? Using the package option sanitize=none does not help. Enclosing \pmt{...} with \protect did not help.

The solution is simply, as egreg pointed out, to write

\protect\pmt{...}


without braces. Note that \protect{\pmt{...}} with braces does not help.

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Just add \protect in front of \pmt:
\newglossaryentry{permutation}{

That's it. Thanks! The problem was that \protect must be used without braces. I've included the answer above. – One Aug 1 '12 at 20:30