{glossaries} is about creating glossaries and similar lists. A popular package is `glossaries`.
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Glossary entry page numbers reference glossary page [closed]
I've set up a glossary following this guide, but all the entries in my glossary contain page number references to the glossary page - from within the glossary page. I don't have any instances of ...
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Uppercase word in glossary, lowercase in text
Is it possible to write a word in uppercase in the glossaries but in lowercase in the text?
I could use \glslink instead of \gls, but is there no better solution?
Here is an example to clarify what I ...
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Problem with sorting of umlaute in a glossary (pkg glossaries)
I'm currently facing a problem concerning sorting of glossaries.
I'm writing my thesis in german, so I also have some umlaute like "ä","ö" and "ü" in my acronyms. For example there is an acronym ...
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Latex decides to ignore see attribute to \newglossaryentry when using enabling nonumberlist on glossaries package
The weirdest thing happened to me today:
I was looking for a way to link from an abbreviation to a glossary entry and found this answer. When emulating it in my code, it did not work - pdflatex would ...
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How do I set the margin for the glossary item in my Table of Contents?
I have a table of contents and I use the glossaries package to make my glossaries. At some point in my code, I have the command \printglossary[type=glossarytype] which prints my glossary. The problem ...
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How do I create multiple glossary entries for the same definition?
When I have many glossary words that describe the same, how do I neatly put these into the glossary?
Ideally, something like:
\newglossaryentry{digest, hash, hash code} {
name=digest, ...
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Problem with “equal” sign and glossary entry definition
I am using glossaries package and I encountered a problem in the symbol field. When I define it as $m=1$ I get the following error message:
! Missing $ inserted.
<inserted text>
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Correct use of sub-entries with glossaries package
I am writing my thesis and I am including a glossary. I am trying to nest some definitions under a "parent" definition. For example, I first define a mass and then define categorical mass whose parent ...
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Glossary and picture?
Here my question: what would be the best in order to make a sort of glossary, with picture ?
In fact, I've got make tools description, in one hand with text (nothing hard here), and, in the other ...
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How to create glossary entry with link to glossary and appearance in footnote? [closed]
I want
each "first-time-used" glossary entry to appear in the footnote with its description and
each "used" entry (the short term) being linked to the entry with its description in the glossary.
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amsbook with multiple page glossary
I'm not sure if the protocol is to edit my previous post amsart/amsbook with non-default glossary style to add this question, but it is certainly related.
There seems to be another conflict between ...
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amsart/amsbook with non-default glossary style
I am using amsbook with the glossaries package. The following MWE produces a glossary in which the single entry is completely squashed up in the middle; it looks like no space at all has been ...
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Glossary as appendix
I'm using the glossaries package to manage my glossary. This works nicely, except that it forces a page break and creates a huge heading saying Glossary that conflicts with the style of my paper ...
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glossaries, fancyhdr: acronym not replaced properly
In the following example the acronym is not replaced properly in the header and look like in this screenshot:
\documentclass{book}
\usepackage{fancyhdr}
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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)
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Using Glossary in Latexian (editor) [closed]
I am using Latexian for OS X. But I can't get the Glossary working.
I followed the steps on http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Glossary, but I don't see a Glossary.
Can someone help me?
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Glossaries with numberlist also counts TOC, LOF, LOT
I am using glossaries to maintain a list of acronyms.
I want it to display the page number where it appears.
I usually use \acs{} or \acl{} in sectioning title or in caption.
However I noticed that ...
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Displaying & highlighting glossary entries that are not defined yet?
In my document I use the glossariespackage.
When referencing terms, that do not exist in the glossary (yet)
the term is simply not displayed. Which IMHO forces a quite complex workflow.
Is there ...
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Difference between a nomenclature section and a glossary
This is not a technical question. I'm writing a thesis and I have found out about MakeIndex, which allows building a glossary and the nominal package, which helps making a nomenclature section.
So, ...
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Acronyms without double dots using glossaries
I want to typeset my acronyms with abbreviating dots with, for
instance, P.C.A. standing for principal component analysis and use
macros for them.
This question
provides a trick to avoid double dots ...
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Displaying glossary [closed]
I've been trying to follow http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/LaTeX/Glossary to display glossary entries. And i'm probably missing something out :(
I have the following code
\usepackage{glossaries}
(...)
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Is it possible to automatically add an index entry each time an acronym/glossaries command is used in the document? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Automatically index acronyms
I am using glossaries package for acronyms (\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}). I have a separate .tex file for a list of ...
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Glossary with Makeglos no numbered in 2 columns
I would like to know how to put my glossary in two columns and without page numbers and the acronym in bold letters like this
UAV : Unmanned Air Vehicle
This is my code
\usepackage{makeglos}
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How to get a description from glossary entry?
I define my entry with:
\newglossaryentry{foo}{name={foo}, description={foo description}}
I can refer to it in a text with \Gls{foo} which puts a href link to Glossary.
Is is possible to get a raw ...
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How to change text generated in package acronym [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to invert long term to short term using ACRONYM list?
This is a newbie question, how to change the text generated by \ac command, like:
I have this:
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Using Texmaker with glossaries on Windows
Is there a simple way of integrating glossaries package with Texmaker on Windows?
I was following a very nice tutorial to understand how glossaries package works, but got stuck when trying to make ...
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Extract key-value pairs from a string
I want to extract key value pairs from a string. I need this to define a new glossary style and want to pass some additional information through a existing parameter.
\newglossarystyle{meinglossar}{%
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Change position of glossary title
I am a total beginner with LaTeX and I can't find a way to solve the following problem. I have a glossary which I have printed in two columns by adding the code that I have included at the end. The ...
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Can my custom dependency for latexmk be improved?
In my answer to this question on how to make latexmk use makeglossaries for generating glossaries, I propose the following custom dependency:
add_cus_dep('glo', 'gls', 0, 'run_makeglossaries');
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Wrong referencing for glossary/acronyms when on same page [closed]
I just recently noticed that when I have glossaries and acronyms on the same page the referencing isn't working correctly, meaning: when clicking on a reference, it jumps to the wrong place.
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Alternative to glossaries?
Is there a nicer alternative to glossaries package? It's a pita to use. Documentation is lacking examples, some commands don't do anything (like \glssee), it is hard to customize (why can't I make my ...
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Automating error message references
I'm writing a book which will include error messages and codes from a strange computer system. What I need to do is this:
Maintain a list of error message codes:
ABC0000T
For each code, have a ...
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Latexmk with makeglossaries and auxdir and outdir?
How can I use glosseries with latexmk if I use outdir and auxdir parameters?
I keep getting the .gls not found...
Here is my latexmk build script:
latexmk -outdir=out -auxdir=out -g -f -bibtex -dvi- ...
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Glossaries package: ignore \newacronym if acronym has been defined before
I have a document consisting of multiple tex files, one per chapter, I am using the glossaries package to create list of acronyms. Ideally I want to define acronyms as close to where they are used, ...
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How to suppress glsgroupskip on pagebreak? (glossaries package)
I'm using the 'glossaries' package to build a list of abbreviations. I have my own style defined based on a standard longtable style (to easily see what's the matter I pick the 'longheaderborder' ...
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How to use a glossary with xindy that is not displayed [closed]
According to several posts in the web the following error is related to not displaying the glossary:
Error in line 426:
; additional letter groups
(define-letter-group "glsnumbers"
:prefixes ...
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Cannot get small caps acronyms to work using glossaries package
I've managed to get glossaries to set the acronyms in the body in small caps in the way I want, but in the list of acronyms they insist on coming out in lower-case.
Can anyone (a) tell me what I've ...
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Setting acronyms to appear as a footnotes in margin cause Marginpar moved warning
I am using glossaries package with the acronym and footnote option. I also set footnotes to appear in the margin. With multiple acronyms in a line, multiple footnotes are placed in the margin. To ...
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Undefined control sequence \glossarytoctitle using amsbook [closed]
Using the amsbook class and the glossaries package, I receive an error
"! Undefined control sequence. <argument> \glossarytoctitle"
if I change the fontsize from default (in my case, to ...
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glossaries, glossary-longragged: problem with redefining \glossaryentryfield
I'm encountering a weird problem when changing my list of acronyms from the long to the longragged style. This is an example for illustration:
\documentclass{article}
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How do I prevent duplicate Glossaries section title when redefining page styles in Memoir class?
The solution provided to question How to modify Memoir class' headers/footers without redefining everything involves a) redefining the Memoir headings and b) redefining page styles. The latter ...
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Page number of glossary while using hyperref
I want to reference the glossary in the text. The solution given to this question on this website works for me. But adding \usepackage{hyperref} before \usepackage{glossaries} makes it not work ...
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Correct spacing of indices after hyperref or glossaries commands
I get different spacing in math mode when using some sort of command on a variable and an index.
The text below gives what I think is correct spacing (between the variable 'M' and its index):
$M_1 ...
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Problems with implementing glossary.engine in TeXShop
I followed the instruction from Creating Glossaries in TeXShop on Mac but the created engine did not appear (even not with Emacs). Here is what I did:
I created glossary_run.engine with TextEdit (and ...
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glossary does not appear
I've placed
\usepackage{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
just before
\begin{document}
as recommended in my preamble. After the main part of my paper I've placed
\newpage
\printglossaries
\newpage
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Suppress \gls links on one glossary only
I want to use \gls* automatically when invoking the \gls command. This should be done for one glossary (type=tech) only and globally.
Not working:
\glsdisablehyper does not work at the define ...
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Using glossaries in Texlipse
Is there a way of adding a glossary using the glossaries package in Texlipse?
%%% GLOSSARIES
\usepackage[xindy]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\begin{document}
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glossary / acronym ; list of pages / locations : ignore the actual list of acronyms
I use the glossaries package with the acronym option.
When I create the list of acronyms, I have a list of locations (per entry): pages, and/or subsections.
The problem is that each (used) entry has ...
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Some glossary (acronym) entries without location (but still with links)
In my master thesis, I have a lots of acronyms. Some of them I use very frequently, while others just once or twice. Some of them I have a "main" definition, most don't have one. (Main definition is ...
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xindy cannot open the temp file
I have encountered a problem by using xindy within glossaries. After the first call of pdflatex, I gave makeglossaries mytex in command line. Unfortunately, I got the error
"LOAD: A file with ...
