{glossaries} is about creating glossaries and similar lists. A popular package is `glossaries`.
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How to combine Acronym and Glossary
I'm using glossaries at LaTeX:
I have a Acronyms (eg. API) that should be explained in the Glossary. It should be linked to the Glossary at occurrence but should be written out at first occurrence.
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How to make Latexmk use makeglossaries?
Is there a way to make Latexmk invoke makeglossaries (part of the glossaries package)?
Specifically I want to use latexmk to compile a LaTeX document that uses the glossaries package to produce a ...
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Creating a standalone glossary
As a followup to this question, I would like to ask how can I use the glossaries package just for the creation of a glossary. I do not want it to be part of a document rather a standalone document ...
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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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Use a quality glossary and acronym list in Lyx
The question How to combine Acronym and Glossary shows us how to make a great glossaries and acronym lists. I would like to use a quality glossary and acronym list in Lyx.
This may be too large a ...
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\pagestyle{ruled} adds superfluous text in glossary
I'm writing my thesis using the memoir package, using \pagestyle{ruled}, and have created glossaries for a glossary and an acronym list. The resulting pdf, contains the superfluous text "Glossary" and ...
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Ignoring an acronym that is only used once
I am using the glossaries package only for its acronym capabilities, and I have one or two that are only used once in the document. For those acronyms, is there a way to only display the full text?
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Do not display one special acronym in list of acronyms
In my document I use several acronyms which I do not wish to be displayed in the list of acronyms. This solution using the acronym-package unfortunately doesn't work as it clashes with my use of the ...
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Two column glossary
I'm having a problem similar to this: Two-column longtable or tabular. I want the same result -- that is a two column glossary (ie a total of 4 columns) where a list of abbreviations and their ...
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List of mathematical notation / abbreviations
In my article, I would like to create a section "Mathematical Notation" that lists all the arcane mathematical symbols I'm using.
This is similar to an index or a list of figures. An example of what ...
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Using the glossaries package in other languages.
I have just started using the glossaries package, and as I'm writing my documents in icelandic I run into a certain problem. The glossaries package assumes the words are in two forms, singular or ...
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Disable hyperlinks in some entries for glossaries
I am using the glossaries package a lot in my thesis. There are some entries which appear very frequently throughout the whole document. I would like to disable hyperlinking for these entries but keep ...
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\usepackage{glossaries} with 3 columns
I need to have extra column in the glossary.
My application is list of symbols with
symbol
description
units
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
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Hyperref links generated by Glossaries pointing to wrong page
In a long document I have two title pages and want to start the page numbering from one on the first non-title page. Thus I use \addtocounter{page}{-2} at the begin of the document.
Pages before the ...
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Suppress the glossary expansion at first occurance
I am using the glossaries package to generate the glossary in my report.
However, I am using the entries first time in a Table where it is expanding in the form (Description).
I would like to ...
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Two-column longtable or tabular
I'm using longtable to store a glossary-like list of abbreviations used in my document, and as it only has two columns, but is two pages long, I was wondering if there was a way to make it wrap into ...
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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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Latexmk: makeglossaries, Biber and pdfLaTeX / Where to put latexmkrc?
I've got myself seriously confused with latexmk. I have been using latexmk on TeX Live 2011 and I have loved it for making my document with a ToC and references with Biber. I am trying to make it work ...
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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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Automated generation of equation key
I am looking for a way to automatically create the legend for an equation (let's say embedded in the align environment).
What I'm currently using is a semi automated to fully manual way. Let me ...
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Which tool to use: an index or a glossary?
I have this situation:
My book needs an alphabetical index, used for finding on which page an item appeared.
My book needs a glossary, used for looking up the definition of the item.
Every indexed ...
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A tool for creating a dictionary with right-to-left script
I'm trying to typeset a dictionnary, using Arabic script. I would like to create a list of words in three columns, with Arabic word in right column aligned to the right, its Polish translation aligned ...
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Compile LaTeX with BibTeX and glossaries
i need a little of help here. Till now wat I now is that to compile a latex into a pdf with bibtex references i need to execute the next sequence:
1. pdflatex document.tex
2. bibtex document.tex
3. ...
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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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Customizing the first use of acronyms generated by glossaries
I manage my acronyms using the glossaries package. My minimal example is as follows:
\documentclass[ngerman]{scrartcl}
\usepackage[ngerman]{babel}
\usepackage[acronym,shortcuts]{glossaries}
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building a dictionary
sometimes when I am not sure about a term, I would like to write it somewhere with the subsequent definition to be able to re-read it from time to time and then remember it forever. I think I am going ...
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How could glossaries' numberlabel use the manually defined number of Sections(or other Sectional Units)?
I am using 'glossaries' to make index after my book, I set the numberlist to section, so the number of the section will in the numberlabel. eg:
INDEX
Unix, a ...
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Glossaries: using name of (sub)sections instead of page numbers
How can I print the section instead the pagenumber in glossar/index like \nameref it does.
Would be nice to have something like:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}
...
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The \alph counter representation has strange effects with the glossaries package
This is a follow-up question here
How could glossaries' numberlabel use the manually defined number of Sections(or other Sectional Units)?
A suspect BUG. The parameter \alph doesn't work fine ...
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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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Problem using package acronym
I am using acronym package to create the list of Acronyms. I am using Acronym1.tex containing the definition of all the acronyms. However here is the list of problems I am facing.
I have to sort the ...
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Custom glossary environment improvement
This is a followup question about the code provided by Nicola Talbot in this question: Automated generation of equation key
TL;DR: Defines new environment alignglos which can be used to wrap ...
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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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Farsi alphabet order for glossary
I am using glossaries with makeidx in a Farsi document with xepersian. Currently it sorts the output using Arabic alphabet order and places words starting with گ, چ, پ and ژ at the end of list. How ...
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Using the glossaries package for English acronyms in German documents
This is a repost of the original message I posted to comp.text.tex in August, which is still unanswered there. I'm sorry for reposting, but I want to spread this to a wider readership.
I found couple ...
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TeX capacity exceeded with glossary package
My document contains many thousands of glossary items. When compiling with XeLaTeX, about 1/8 of the way through the document, it reports:
! TeX capacity exceeded, sorry [main memory size=3000000].
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How to highlight important pages in glossaries page number list
In some books, the keywords page not only has a list of pages the keyword was referenced, it also bold or emphasize page numbers where the keyword was defined or explained. How do I do that with ...
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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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Page number of glossary
I want to reference the glossary from within the text (I'm using the glossaries package). However, since the glossaries are produced using \printglossaries, I can't just put a \label command where it ...
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Custom glossary style: Make glossary as wide as \textwidth
WARNING: This is a follow-up question to Display long form (first-use like) entries of none acronyme type entries.
As mafp suggested in the other post I went ahead and defined my own glossary-styles ...
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Why Glossaries with Xindy unable to execute（cannot find the correct PATH)?
After I compiled a tex file by xelatex, I use Glosarries with Xindy to make a index, it reported:
$ makeglossaries test
makeglossaries version 2.04 (2012-05-19)
added glossary type 'main' ...
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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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makeglossaries hangs waiting for input on mac
I'm very new to Latex so apologies if this is a newbie question. However I have looked around online and can't find an answer.
I'm trying to compile my file in TeXShop (on mac) using the following ...
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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 ...
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How to use 'makeglossaries'?
I try to make a glossary with the glossaries package. I understand that I have to run makeglossaries to display the glossary. (according to this link: "Processing the file will have to include a call ...
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Display long form (first-use like) entries of non-acronym-type entries
I was searching for 2 hours straight now and I must say the package documentation is extensive but not very clear - frustrating. I'm looking for a way to manually display the first use form (long ...
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glossaries: multi-column and indentation [duplicate]
I want to achieve a two column acronym list with glossaries. Using the mcolalttree version of alttree allows to define the indentation with \glssetwidest{}. Unfortunately after a line break the ...
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How to put kana with CJK in the name of a “polyglotic” glossary entry?
After discovered how to mix glossary and acronym system (See here), and how to put kana/kanji working with pdfLaTeX (See here), I was trying to mix the both, in order to create kind of dictonnary, ...
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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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Links to glossary items broken
I'm currently writing a large document, and I have two glossaries, one for acronyms, and one for a normal glossary. I have hyperref setup so that the glossary entries in the main text have links to ...
