{nomenclature} is for questions related to a cross-referenced list of mathematical symbols and abbreviations.
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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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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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How to achieve nomenclature entries like: symbol, Description, Dimension and unit, etc?
The title is pretty much I want to ask. More detail, the nomenclature entries should be sorted in groups like:
Nomenclature
Acronyms
Symbol Description % no Dimensions and Units
...
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List of symbols/abbreviations and macros
It's on my task list for a while now, and this post made me ask a follow up question which is, in my mind, a missing part when setting such a list.
As an example, think of the standard notation of an ...
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Invoking makeindex for nomencl
I have spent many many hours failing to implement nomencl for my PhD thesis. The problem seems to be with invoking makeindex and creating the .nls file
I keep reading that I must invoke makeindex or ...
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How to leave nomenclature list out of table of contents
In my thesis, I have a table of contents, list of figures, list of tables and a list of symbols and nomenclature generated with nomencl (in that order).
The lists of figures and tables do not appear ...
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What should I build my new nomenclature package on top of?
This question led to a new package:
concepts
This is a major edit. In my previous attempt I overgeneralized, which obfuscated my real question.
I'd like to write a new package which I want ...
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Make nomenclature sort math correctly
I am sorting my nomenclature as suggested by the nomencl package documentation, but \dot{q} is being sorted before a and v, where as the desired sort is:
a
\dot{q}
v
The existence of a default ...
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Fail to sort nomenclature using prefix
I'm trying to get my nomenclature to sort alphabetically, including word with accent. Basics! Well, I read all \nomencl documentation and many of your expert answers here...
So I tried different ...
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Nomencl Reference Section Number
I'm writing a PhD thesis that includes many similar symbols. Therefore, I'd like to list in the nomenclature the section number at which each symbol is initially using (and therefore defined in the ...
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Vertical spacing between equations and text
I'm running into an issue where if I add \nomenclature{$a$}{A}% after an equation it adds extra space. I have many equations and half of them require the \nomenclature command, however, those that ...
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List of Symbols?
I'm trying to make a list of symbols that looks a lot like the one shown here
But I'm having some trouble making 2 columns that are spaced in that manner for the 2 pages I have for my list.
Can ...
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Nomenclature not aligned
I have a nomenclature section in my paper where I defined my symbols. For example:
\documentclass[twocolumn,10pt]{asme2e}
\addtolength{\textwidth}{-1pt}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{amsmath}
...
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Grouped multi-column nomenclature
I'd like to print a multicolumn nomenclature list that consists of several groups. At the moment, using the grouping approach described in the manual and with a code snippet from ...
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Using Nomenclature and emacs
I'm learning how to \usepackage{nomencl}. So far so good.
I added the nomenclature compile option to the emacs commands by editing my .emacs file, adding:
;;nomenclature for latex
(eval-after-load ...
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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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New line in a Nomenclature label conflicts with \nomgroup
Following the solution given in
New line in a Nomenclature
I am using
\renewcommand{\nomlabel}[1]{\smash{\parbox[t]{1.5cm}{#1}}\hfil}
However, it conflicts with the \nomgroup (see below).
Code ...
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How to create both list of abbreviations and list of nomenclature using nomencl package?
I have searched for the whole day online, but all the threads indicate only realizing one of the lists by using nomencl package. I want to create both list of abbreviations AND list of nomenclature ...
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How to enlarge title font size of nomenclature
I use these codes (in preamble):
\usepackage{tocloft}
\renewcommand{\cfttoctitlefont}{\LARGE\bfseries}
That used for customize the font size of "Table of Content" to be LARGE (about 18pt). So that ...
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Using package nomencl
I have used the package nomencl. In my code I have incorporated the \nomenclature as well. But when I compile, it is not showing me any results. My code is :
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How to align dotfill to the right
I use the following command below to make my list of nomenclature to look like the list of contents, but I am a bit disturbed by the fact that the dots between the text belonging to a symbol in the ...
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Concatenate macro name \foo + bar ==> \foobar
If in a command \foo is one of my arguments, e.g. #1 how can I do a \def for \foobar, i.e., define a command with bar added to #1?
Specifically I try the following
\documentclass{scrbook}
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How to include notation using nomencl in document?
I've been trying to use the nomencl package to start a table of notation. I'm using the example code included in the documentation:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
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nomencl package and vertical bar |
I am using the nomencl package; however, it seems that my nomenclature entries which contain a vertical bar | in math mode are not handled properly. Is this a known issue, and is there a suggested ...
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automatic nomenclature breaks with subfigure
I am using the method recommended in
List of symbols/abbreviations and macros
to automatically generate an entry to the nomenclature (nomencl package) when I first use a command, i.e.
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nomencl+hyperref: Clickable links when entry appears in text?
Is it somehow possible to create a nomenclature using the nomencl package in conjunction with the hyperref package, so that whenever a nomenclature entry appears in the main text, it is actually a ...
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Nomenclature duplicates
Is there a way to automatically remove duplicates from the generated Nomenclature?
E.g. adding multiple times:
\nomenclature{HTML}{HyperText Markup Language}
in your TeX file should generate only ...
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Nomenclature as a chapter
Using nomencl I am trying to make a nomenclature at the end of my PhD thesis. But the header of the previous chapter (in this case the appendix) is printed on the second page.
How can I change the ...
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How to typeset mathematical symbols (with index, etc) always the same way and easily?
When I started to write my thesis I decided not to make things too complicated and to just type mathematical symbols each time they appear, like
$V_{s1}$ or ${CV_{D,\, \mathrm{Si}}^{*}}$
Now, finally ...
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Why nomenclature text is not English when loading additional languages in document class?
I have troubles in getting the right language in nomenclature. Here is a minimal
example:
\documentclass[english,italian]{article}
\usepackage[english,refpage]{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
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Problem with the nomenclature?
I am trying to use the nomencl package. I am following an excellent
looking guide available here:
http://www.cs.brown.edu/system/software/latex/doc/nomencl.pdf
However, I can't for the life of me ...
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How to make the page number appear on the abbreviation list?
does anybody know how to make the first page of the abbreviation list have the page number? My abbrev. list is made of 3 pages and only the other two have the correct page numbering (roman). The first ...
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Nomenclature definition in hidden places?
This question is related to a previous question of mine Increasing nesting level for parameters and global xparse macros?
I use a modified version of \defsym as given by egreg in this answer to the ...
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Nomenclature sorting and latex code coming first
I am using LyX, which uses Nomenclature package, I guess. As you see in the screenshot 1, \hat{p} comes before everything else. How can I send it back where the other p's are?
Many thanks.
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Adding extra columns to the usnomencl nomenclature package
I use the package usnomencl to create nomenclatures e.g.
\setlength{\UnitLabelWdth}{0.4\textwidth}
\begin{Nomencl}[2em]
\item[$\zeta$] damping ratio
\item[$\theta$] \UnitLine{angular ...
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Nomenclature and line breaks
I'm trying to format the nomenclature such that there is, ideally, a curly bracket around a series of items with 1 definition. If that's not possible then at least having a line break in between ...
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nomencl with units, nomgroups and longtable
I use nomencl with nomgroups and nomunit. The only way I achieved to properly align it is given in the picture. It was produced using the methods of the documentation.
The file.ist is standard, ...
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Nomencl: how to remove indentation in two columns multiline entries
I'm using the nomencl package to write a two columns list of terms I frequently use in my thesis.
Everything looks fine except that I don't like that whenever the explanation of a term takes more than ...
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nomencl: left alignment for description text
Does anyone know how to left align the description text of abbrevations in a nomencl list of abbrevations. For example: I would like to left align the text "Kategorien- und
Variablebezeichnungen" or ...
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latexmk and nomencl
I'm trying to implement the nomencl package in my Master's thesis, but I'm experiensing serious trouble when it comes to make latexmk/makeindex create or update the nls file. I ended up creating the ...
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Nomenclatura-How to display one symbol used in two differents contexts or more
The following example builds one nomenclatura (the list of some importa symbols).
The problem I met is the following one : if one symbol is used in two contexts, this symbol appears two times (see ...
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How to change \nomrefeqpage format for nomencl
I am using nomencl to list my nomenclature. The command \nomrefeqpage will give an entry like,
... see equation (1.1.1), page 3.
Because by my convention, a number with parenthesis like (1.1.1) ...
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Two column nomenclature
I want to achieve this for my nomenclature, making it two column with title on top of the columns and not part of the first one. I also want to keep my nomenclature's name changed to Appendix which I ...
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List of abbreviations
Is there a way to get an alphabetical list of abbreviations automatically? At the moment I have:
\begin{longtable}{ll}
APC & antigeen-presenterende cel \\
\end{longtable}
I use longtable ...
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How to make nomenclature entries indent?
The nomenclature entries is left align without indent by default:
\printnomenclature[2.5 cm]
See e.g.
I want to make these symbols indent from left margin for 1 ex or 1 em. But I have just ...
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nomencl manually sorting
I have a problem with manually sorting the entries for my nomenclature by the prefixes, and I cannot get it to work. Here is my code; they are supposed to be sorted by the numbers in the prefixes, ...
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Nomenclature sorting: Sort by Number
How would I use the Nomenclature to display a list of symbols sorted by the page number rather than symbol letter.
The code below was used to generate this List of Notations. However, I am trying to ...
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Format nomencl in table style
For my thesis I wwant to format the nomencl in the same style as the rest. Simply put this means I want the nomencl to appear as follows:
Symbol Quantity Unit
t Time s
rest ...
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nomenclature page formatting
I have a list of symbols generated throught the nomencl package. It works fine. The only problem I have is:
How can I redefine the margins for the page? by default it is using the margins for ...
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\include and header
I have a separate .tex file for a list of symbols. They aren't nomenclature because I included more information than simple definitions. (I have 3 columns.)
When I use \include{symbols} the header on ...
