I have the wish to use an effective method to create a glossary and be able to classify the different "types" of entries in different lists (abbreviations, acronyms, symbols, glossary, etc.).
I followed two posts that are fantastic and that I advise:
The first one, shows how to classify the different entries using .bib files for symbols. I followed it using the method 4. The second post shows how to follow this method generating a glossary that would contain symbols, acronyms, definitions, etc.
I am new with LaTex but I've learned a lot by following these methods (thanks a lot Nicola Talbot). I am almost there, but I still have some errors in the result. I've created test files to test what I would like to achieve.
Here is the code I am testing:
\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage[record,abbreviations,acronyms,symbols,stylemods={tree},style=treegroup]{glossaries-extra}
% always set the abbreviation style before \GlsXtrLoadResources
\setabbreviationstyle{short-long-desc}
\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{short-long}
% Assign group titles:
\glsxtrsetgrouptitle{latin}{Latin Symbols}
\glsxtrsetgrouptitle{greek}{Greek Symbols}
\GlsXtrLoadResources[
src={no-interpret-preamble,glossary},% bib files
sort={en-US},% sort according to this locale
set-widest,% needed for 'alttree' styles
% save-locations=false % use this command to pring only the acronyms you are using
selection=all% select all entries in the .bib files
]
\GlsXtrLoadResources[
src={symbols-greek},
sort={letter-case}, % sort according Unicode value
field-aliases={
unitname=name,
unitsymbol=symbol,
measurement=description
},
symbol-sort-fallback=name,
type=symbols,
group=greek,
set-widest,% needed for 'alttree' styles
save-locations=false % pring only used symbols.
]
\GlsXtrLoadResources[
src={symbols-latin},
sort={letter-case},% sort according Unicode value
symbol-sort-fallback=name,
type=symbols,
group=latin,
set-widest,% needed for 'alttree' styles
selection=all% select all entries in the .bib files
]
\begin{document}
\section*{Examples}
In this section, I will use the following greek symbols: \gls{alpha}, \gls{alphalin} and \gls{delta}.
One acronym is for example \glstext{ad} and one abbreviation is given by \glstext{html}.
\printunsrtglossary[type=acronyms,style=alttree,title={List of Acronyms}]
\printunsrtglossary[type=abbreviations,style=alttree,title={List of Abbreviations}]
\printunsrtglossary[style=alttree,title={Glossary}] % By not specifing the type, I pring only the entries
\printunsrtglossary[type=symbols,style=alttreegroup,title={List of Symbols}]
\end{document}
You can find the file no-interpret-preamble.bib here. The files glossary.bib, symbols-latin.bib and symbols-greek.bib look like that (inspired from the work of Nicola Talbot):
glossary.bib:
% glossary.bib
% This file is public domain. See the "Examples" chapter
% in the bib2gls user manual for a more detailed description
% of this file.
% Encoding: UTF-8
@preamble{"\providecommand{\abbrvtag}[1]{#1}"}
@string{markuplang="\abbrvtag{m}arkup \abbrvtag{l}anguage"}
@entry{TeX,
name={{}\TeX},
description={a format for describing complex type and page layout
often used for mathematics, technical, and academic publications},
identifier={markuplanguage}
}
@entry{LaTeX,
name={{}\LaTeX},
description={a format of \glstext{TeX} designed to separate
content from style},
identifier={markuplanguage}
}
@entry{markdown,
name={markdown},
description={a lightweight markup language with plain text
formatting syntax},
identifier={markuplanguage}
}
@acronym{ad,
short={AD},
long={Affinity Diagram},
description={Tool that gathers large amounts of language data and organizes them into groupings based on their natural relationships},
identifier={acronym}
}
@acronym{dom,
short={DOM},
long={Document Object Model},
description={Cross-platform and language-independent application programming interface},
identifier={acronym}
}
@acronym{spa,
short={SPA},
long={Single Page Application},
description={Web applicaiton of web site that interacts with the user by dynanically rewriting the current page},
identifier={acronym}
}
@acronym{svp,
short={SVG},
long={Scalable Vector Graphics},
description={{}\glstext{xml}-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation},
identifier={acronym}
}
@abbreviation{xml,
short={XML},
long={e\abbrvtag{x}tensible }#markuplang,
description={a markup language that defines a set of rules for
encoding documents},
identifier={markuplanguage}
}
@abbreviation{html,
short={HTML},
long={\abbrvtag{h}yper\abbrvtag{t}ext }#markuplang,
description={the standard markup language for creating web pages},
identifier={markuplanguage}
}
@abbreviation{mathml,
short={MathML},
long={\abbrvtag{m\NoCaseChange{ath}}ematical }#markuplang,
description={markup language for describing mathematical notation},
identifier={markuplanguage}
}
@abbreviation{xhtml,
short={XHTML},
long={e\abbrvtag{x}tensible \abbrvtag{h}yper\abbrvtag{t}ext }
# markuplang,
description={{}\glstext{xml} version of \glstext{html}},
identifier={markuplanguage}
}
symbols-greek.bib:
% symbols-greek.bib
% Put here all greek symbols
% Encoding: UTF-8
@symbol{alpha,
name={\ensuremath{\alpha}},
description={angular acceleration},
indentifier={mathgreek}
}
@symbol{alphalin,
name={\ensuremath{\alpha_{L}}},
description={linear coefficient of thermal expansion},
indentifier={mathgreek}
}
@symbol{delta,
name={\ensuremath{\delta}},
description={Kronecker delta},
indentifier={mathgreek}
}
@symbol{lambda,
name={\ensuremath{\lambda}},
description={Lagrange multiplier},
indentifier={mathgreek}
}
@symbol{chi,
name={\ensuremath{\chi}},
description={chromatic number},
indentifier={mathgreek}
}
@symbol{rho,
name={\ensuremath{\rho}},
description={density},
indentifier={mathgreek}
}
@symbol{zeta,
name={\ensuremath{\zeta}},
description={Riemann zeta function},
indentifier={mathgreek}
}
symbols-latin.bib:
% symbols-latin.bib
% Put here all latin symbols
% Encoding: UTF-8
@symbol{x,
name={\ensuremath{x}},
description={position},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{v,
name={\ensuremath{v}},
description={velocity},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{a,
name={\ensuremath{a}},
description={acceleration},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{t,
name={\ensuremath{t}},
description={time},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{E,
name={\ensuremath{E}},
description={Young's modulus},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{F,
name={\ensuremath{F}},
description={force},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{Tm,
name={\ensuremath{T_{m}}},
description={melting point temperature},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{KIC,
name={\ensuremath{K_{IC}}},
description={stress intensity factor},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
@symbol{Z,
name={\ensuremath{Z}},
description={atomic number},
indentifier={mathlatin}
}
However, the obtained result is not satisfactory.
What am I doing wrong? Why I cannot obtain a list of acronyms? How can I make the list of abbreviations readable?
I would be very thankful for your help. I am almost there...
