problem to automatically generate a glossary by XeLaTeX

Question

I want to generate a glossary at the end of a document automatically, but the following code did not work. In fact no glossary was created. I am using XeLaTeX to compile a tex file in Mac TexLive environment.

Here is the code:

\documentclass[oneside, a4paper,12pt]{book}

\usepackage[xindy]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries

\begin{document}
\include{glossary}

He has a \gls{computer}.

\appendix
\bibliographystyle{plainnat}
\bibliography{bibtex}
\printglossaries
\end{document}

The glossary.tex file contains:

\newglossaryentry{computer}
{
  name=computer,
  description={is a programmable machine that receives input, and provides output in a useful format}
}

Thanks in advance for your help.

Answer 1

Try the glossaries package. The documentation is very good. You will have it already but see glossaries for a description. This guide is aimed at beginners and the full user manual explains more advanced usage. As the beginners' guide explains, the command you use to specify the target word depends on how you want it to appear in your text.