I'm using the glossaries package to define acronyms but in one place I want to start a sentence with the full text of the acronym:
\subsection{Randomly-occurring deterministic disturbances}
\acrlong{RODD} (\acrshort{RODD}) are a family of ...
However, because \acrlong{RODD} is at the start of the sentence the first letter needs be capitalized.
Preliminary tests of two options I tried:
\MakeUppercase abc def ghi % works: Abc def ghi
\makefirstuc{abc def ghi} % works: Abc def ghi
Attempts to apply these to the glossary item:
\MakeUppercase \acrlong{RODD}
This raises the following errors:
Incomplete \ifx; all text was ignored after line 17. \include{chapitre2}
Missing \endcsname inserted. \include{chapitre3}
Incomplete \ifcsname; all text was ignored after line 287.
\MakeUppercase{\acrlong{RODD}}
No errors, but the description is not capitalized
\makefirstuc{\acrlong{RODD}}
Raises the following errors:
Missing \endcsname inserted. \makefirstuc{\acrlong{RODD}}
Package glossaries Error: Glossary entry `\MakeTextUppercase {R}ODD' has not been defined. \makefirstuc{\acrlong{RODD}}
Using the method described here:
\expandafter\MakeUppercase\expandafter{\acrlong{RODD}}
Raises the following errors:
Undefined control sequence. \expandafter\MakeUppercase \acrlong
Undefined control sequence. \expandafter\MakeUppercase \acrlong
Undefined control sequence. \expandafter\MakeUppercase \acrlong
...
Using the method described here
\expandafter\MakeUppercase \acrlong{RODD}
Raises the following errors:
Undefined control sequence. \expandafter\MakeUppercase \acrlong
Undefined control sequence. \expandafter\MakeUppercase \acrlong
Undefined control sequence. \expandafter\MakeUppercase \acrlong
...
FYI: what I am trying to do is the opposite of what this person wanted where they wanted the descriptions capitalized in the acronym list but lower case in the document: Capitalize the first letter in acronym list
