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I am having a problem with the consistency of how Overleaf prints glossary entries, specifically acronyms. I am trying to set it up in the appendix of the document.

When compiling it chooses to print some on-line with the acronym, while with others it inserts a virtual newline, and prints them below the actual acronym, I have attached a photo with an area marked below of how it looks.

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I am trying to get it so that every entry is on a single line, including the definition and at what pages it is used. I have tried with the \setglossarystyle command, and while it will correctly compile when choosing altlist, or grouped, it refuses to cooperate when choosing list. I have tried to see if anyone else have had similar issues, and I found this entry, and tried to get it to work, but with no luck.

The glossary command is used in the Preamble, the Main, and a Main file for the appendix, all whose code has been attached in this post, I have also included the glossary as it looks at the time of writing.

Preamble:

%%%Layout%%%
\documentclass[11pt,a4paper,table,xcdraw]{report}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage[a4paper,hmargin=3cm,vmargin=3cm]{geometry}
\usepackage{parskip}
\usepackage{multirow}
\usepackage{enumitem}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
%\usepackage{doi}

%requirements setup
\setlist[description]{style=nextline}



%Macros for SI units
\usepackage[siunitx]{circuitikz}
\let\svqty\qty
\AtBeginDocument{\RenewCommandCopy\qty\SI} 
\usepackage{amsmath}

\makeatletter
\def\ifGm@preamble#1{\@firstofone}
\appto\restoregeometry{%
  \pdfpagewidth=\paperwidth
  \pdfpageheight=\paperheight}
  
\apptocmd\newgeometry{%
  \pdfpagewidth=\paperwidth
  \pdfpageheight=\paperheight}{}{}
\makeatother

\usepackage{matlab-prettifier}

\usepackage{listings}
\lstset{literate=
  {á}{{\'a}}1 {é}{{\'e}}1 {í}{{\'i}}1 {ó}{{\'o}}1 {ú}{{\'u}}1
  {Á}{{\'A}}1 {É}{{\'E}}1 {Í}{{\'I}}1 {Ó}{{\'O}}1 {Ú}{{\'U}}1
  {à}{{\`a}}1 {è}{{\`e}}1 {ì}{{\`i}}1 {ò}{{\`o}}1 {ù}{{\`u}}1
  {À}{{\`A}}1 {È}{{\'E}}1 {Ì}{{\`I}}1 {Ò}{{\`O}}1 {Ù}{{\`U}}1
  {ä}{{\"a}}1 {ë}{{\"e}}1 {ï}{{\"i}}1 {ö}{{\"o}}1 {ü}{{\"u}}1
  {Ä}{{\"A}}1 {Ë}{{\"E}}1 {Ï}{{\"I}}1 {Ö}{{\"O}}1 {Ü}{{\"U}}1
  {â}{{\^a}}1 {ê}{{\^e}}1 {î}{{\^i}}1 {ô}{{\^o}}1 {û}{{\^u}}1
  {Â}{{\^A}}1 {Ê}{{\^E}}1 {Î}{{\^I}}1 {Ô}{{\^O}}1 {Û}{{\^U}}1
  {ã}{{\~a}}1 {ẽ}{{\~e}}1 {ĩ}{{\~i}}1 {õ}{{\~o}}1 {ũ}{{\~u}}1
  {Ã}{{\~A}}1 {Ẽ}{{\~E}}1 {Ĩ}{{\~I}}1 {Õ}{{\~O}}1 {Ũ}{{\~U}}1
  {œ}{{\oe}}1 {Œ}{{\OE}}1 {æ}{{\ae}}1 {Æ}{{\AE}}1 {ß}{{\ss}}1
  {ű}{{\H{u}}}1 {Ű}{{\H{U}}}1 {ő}{{\H{o}}}1 {Ő}{{\H{O}}}1
  {ç}{{\c c}}1 {Ç}{{\c C}}1 {ø}{{\o}}1 {å}{{\r a}}1 {Å}{{\r A}}1
  {€}{{\euro}}1 {£}{{\pounds}}1 {«}{{\guillemotleft}}1
  {»}{{\guillemotright}}1 {ñ}{{\~n}}1 {Ñ}{{\~N}}1 {¿}{{?`}}1 {¡}{{!`}}1 
}
\lstdefinestyle{MatLab}{ %Formatting for code in appendix
    language=Matlab,
    numbers=left,
    frame=L,
    stepnumber=1,
    showstringspaces=false,
    tabsize=1,
    breaklines=true,
    breakatwhitespace=false,
    commentstyle=\itshape\color{green!40!black},
    keywordstyle=\bfseries\color{blue},
}
\lstdefinestyle{C}{ %Formatting for code in appendix
    language=C,
    captionpos=b, 
    numbers=left,
    frame=L,
    stepnumber=1,
    showstringspaces=false,
    tabsize=1,
    breaklines=true,
    breakatwhitespace=false,
    commentstyle=\itshape\color{green!40!black},
    keywordstyle=\color{blue},
    stringstyle=\color{orange!70!black},
}

\usepackage[final]{pdfpages}
\usepackage{lscape}
\usepackage{pdflscape}
\usepackage{booktabs}
\usepackage{caption}
\usepackage{subcaption}

\usepackage{fancyhdr}

\fancypagestyle{fancy}{
\renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}% Line at the footer visible
}

\pagestyle{fancy}

\fancyhf{}
\lhead{\small\nouppercase\leftmark}
\rhead{\small\nouppercase\rightmark}
\rfoot{Page \thepage \hspace{1pt} of \pageref{LastPage}}

\fancypagestyle{plain}{%
  \fancyhf{}%
  \rfoot{Page \thepage \hspace{1pt} of \pageref{LastPage}}%
  \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt}% Line at the header invisible
  \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0.4pt}% Line at the footer visible
}

\usepackage{calc}

\setlength{\parindent}{0pt}
\usepackage{lastpage}

%%%Sprog og font%%%
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[english]{babel}
\usepackage[sc]{mathpazo}
\linespread{1.05}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage{physics}
\let\qty\svqty
%%%Grafik%%%
\usepackage{float}
%\usepackage{xcolor}
%\definecolor{aaublue}{RGB}{33,26,82}% dark blue
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{caption}
\captionsetup{%
  font=footnotesize,% set font size to footnotesize
  labelfont=bf % bold label (e.g., Figure 3.2) font
}

\usepackage{adjustbox}
\usepackage{array,booktabs}
\usepackage{framed}
\usepackage{lscape}
%%%Matematik%%%
\usepackage{amsmath}
\usepackage{amssymb}
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage[framed,amsmath,thmmarks]{ntheorem}
\newenvironment{conditions}
  {\par\vspace{\abovedisplayskip}\noindent\begin{tabular}{>{$}l<{$} @{${}={}$} l}}
  {\end{tabular}\par\vspace{\belowdisplayskip}}
\usepackage{textcomp}

%%%Overskrifter%%%
\usepackage{titlesec}
\titleformat{\chapter}[display]{\normalfont\bfseries}{}{0pt}{\Huge}
\titleformat{\chapter}{\normalfont\bfseries\huge}{\thechapter}{20pt}{\huge}
\titlespacing*{\chapter}{0pt}{-50pt}{10pt}
\titleformat*{\section}{\normalfont\Large\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\subsection}{\normalfont\large\bfseries}
\titleformat*{\subsubsection}{\normalfont\normalsize\bfseries}

%%%Kommentarer%%%
\usepackage{verbatim} 

%%%Kildehenvisninger%%%
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage[nottoc]{tocbibind}
\usepackage[backend=biber,style=numeric,sortcites,natbib=true,sorting=none,date=iso,seconds=true]{biblatex}
\setcounter{biburllcpenalty}{9000}
\addbibresource{Bib/Kilder.bib}

%%%Appendix og indholdsfortegnelse%%%
\usepackage[toc,page]{appendix}
%\appto\appendix{\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}}}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{0}

%Ændrer * til cdot notation
\mathcode`\*="8000
{\catcode`\*\active\gdef*{\cdot}}

%Pakke til SI enheder
\usepackage{siunitx}

%Pakke til glossary
\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}

%Pakke til .svg figurer
\usepackage{svg}

%Pakke til wrapfigure
\usepackage{wrapfig}

% Enable hyperlinks and insert info into the pdf file
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\hypersetup{%
    pdfpagelabels=true,%
    plainpages=false,%
    pdfauthor={Author(s)},%
    pdftitle={Title},%
    pdfsubject={Subject},%
    bookmarksnumbered=true,%
    colorlinks=false,%
    citecolor=black,%
    filecolor=black,%
    linkcolor=black,% you should probably change this to black before printing
    urlcolor=black,%
    pdfstartview=FitH%
}

%\usepackage{hyperref}

\usepackage{lipsum}


\usepackage{xcolor}

\definecolor{aaublue}{RGB}{33,26,82}% dark blue
\definecolor{mGreen}{rgb}{0,0.6,0}
\definecolor{mGray}{rgb}{0.5,0.5,0.5}
\definecolor{mPurple}{rgb}{0.58,0,0.82}
\definecolor{backgroundColour}{rgb}{0.95,0.95,0.92}

\lstdefinestyle{CStyle}{
    backgroundcolor=\color{backgroundColour},   
    commentstyle=\color{mGreen},
    keywordstyle=\color{magenta},
    numberstyle=\tiny\color{mGray},
    stringstyle=\color{mPurple},
    basicstyle=\footnotesize,
    breaklines=true,             
    breakatwhitespace=false,
    captionpos=b,                    
    keepspaces=true,                 
    numbers=left,                    
    numbersep=5pt,                  
    showspaces=false,                
    showstringspaces=false,
    showtabs=false,                  
    tabsize=2,
    language=C,
    tabsize=4,
    tabsize=2,
}

Main

 \input{Preamble/Preamble.tex}
\input{Preamble/AAUSynopsis.tex}

\makeatletter
\providecommand\add@text{}
\newcommand\tagaddtext[1]{%
  \gdef\add@text{#1\gdef\add@text{}}}% 
\renewcommand\tagform@[1]{%
  \maketag@@@{\llap{\add@text\quad}(\ignorespaces#1\unskip\@@italiccorr)}%
}
\makeatother

\makeglossaries
\input{Bib/Glossary.tex}

\glsaddall[types=\acronymtype]

\newglossarystyle{custom_acronyms}
{
    \setglossarystyle{long3colheader}%
    \renewcommand*{\glossaryheader}{}%  
    \renewcommand{\glossentry}[2]{%
        \textbf{\glsentryitem{##1}\glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}}}
        & \glossentrydesc{##1}
        & ##2
        \tabularnewline}%
}

\begin{document}
\input{Formalia/Forside.tex}
\input{Formalia/Titelblad.tex}
\input{Formalia/Underskrifter.tex}
\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}
\setcounter{secnumdepth}{3}
\tableofcontents

%Text
\input{Text/01 - Introduction/Introduction.tex}
\input{Text/02 - Problem Analysis/2.0 - Problem Analysis Main.tex}
\input{Text/03 - Requirements/Requirements Main.tex}
\input{Text/04 - Design/Design Main.tex}
\input{Text/05 - Implementation/ImplementationMain}
\input{Text/06 - Accept Test/TestMain}
\input{Text/07 - Discussion/DiscussionMain}
\input{Text/08 - Conclusion/ConclusionMain}
\BiblatexSplitbibDefernumbersWarningOff
%Sektions indelt kildeliste (indsæt keywords i kildelisten)
\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc,keyword={general},title={Bibliography}] 

\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc,keyword={image},title={Images}] 

\printbibliography[heading=bibintoc,keyword={datasheet},title={Datasheets}] 


\input{Text/09 - Appendix/Appendix.tex}


\end{document} 

The main of the appendix

\part*{Appendix}
\setglossarystyle{list}
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title={Abbreviations}]
\include{Text/09 - Appendix/CAN_Bitfields}
\include{Text/09 - Appendix/Figures}

Glossary

%REMEMBER TO SORT ALPHABETICALLY
%\chapter{Glossary}\label{ch:glossary}

\newacronym{aau}{AAU}{Aalborg University}
\newacronym{fpga}{FPGA}{Field-Programmable Gate Array}
\newacronym{ram}{RAM}{Random Access Memory}
\newacronym{csi}{CSI}{Camera Serial Interface}
\newacronym{i2c}{I2C}{Inter-Integrated Circuit}
\newacronym{spi}{SPI}{Serial Peripheral Interface}
\newacronym{canbus}{CAN bus}{Controller Area Network bus}
\newacronym{leo}{LEO}{Low Earth Orbit}
\newacronym{fov}{FOV}{Field Of View}
\newacronym{ifov}{IFOV}{Instantaneous Field Of View}
\newacronym{csp}{CSP}{Cubesat Space Protocol}
\newacronym{cpu}{CPU}{Central Processing Unit}
\newacronym{esa}{ESA}{European Space Agency}
\newacronym{psk}{PSK}{Phase Shift Keying}
\newacronym{bpsk}{BPSK}{Binary Phase Skift Keying}
\newacronym{qpsk}{QPSK}{Quadrature Phase Shift Keying}

\newacronym{po}{PO}{Polar Orbit}
\newacronym{geo}{GEO}{Geostationary Orbit}

\newacronym{eps}{EPS}{Electronic Power Systems}
\newacronym{com}{COM}{Communication}
\newacronym{adcs}{ADCS}{Attitude Determination and Control System}
\newacronym{ais}{AIS}{Automatic Identification System}
\newacronym{fp}{FP}{Flightplanner}
\newacronym{ecu}{ECU}{Electronic Control Unit}
\newacronym{iso}{ISO}{International Standardization Organization}
\newacronym{usb}{USB}{Universal Serial Bus}
\newacronym{canh}{CANH}{CAN High}
\newacronym{canl}{CANL}{CAN Low}
\newacronym{can}{CAN}{Controller Area Network}
\newacronym{ieee}{IEEE}{The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers}

\newacronym{p-pod}{P-POD}{Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployer}
\newacronym{iod}{IOD}{In-Orbit Demonstration}

%Bitfields for can message frame
\newacronym{sof}{SOF}{Start Of Frame}
\newacronym{rtr}{RTR}{Remote Transmission Request}
\newacronym{ide}{IDE}{Identifier Extension}
\newacronym{dlc}{DLC}{Data Length Code}
\newacronym{crc}{CRC}{Cyclic Redundancy Check}
\newacronym{ack}{ACK}{Acknowledge}
\newacronym{eof}{EOF}{End Of Frame}
\newacronym{ifs}{IFS}{Interframe Space}
\newacronym{jpeg}{JPEG}{Joint Photographic Experts Group}

\newacronym{uhf}{UHF}{Ultra High Frequency}
\newacronym{vlc}{VLC}{Variable Length Encodig}

\newacronym{mipi}{MIPI}{Mobile Industry Processors Interface}

\newacronym{dct}{DCT}{Discreate Cosine Transform}

\newacronym{fec}{FEC}{Forward Error Correction}

\newacronym{bpp}{bpp}{bits per pixel}

\newacronym{bpc}{bpc}{bits per color}
\newacronym{mcu}{MCU}{Microcontroller Unit}
\newacronym{hdl}{HDL}{Microcontroller Unit}

I don't know if anyone here can see what might cause the issue, but any feedback is very much appreciated. Thank you in advance.

EDIT: Added the entirity of where the glossary commands are used, as well as the glossary as it looks at the time of writing.

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  • Please clarify your specific problem or provide additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it's hard to tell exactly what you're asking.
    – Community Bot
    Mar 17 at 11:45
  • Please could you add a minimal working example (MWE) that reproduces the salient parts of your screenshot. Reproducing the problem and finding out what the issue is will be much easier when we can see compilable code, starting with \documentclass{...} and ending with \end{document}.
    – Dai Bowen
    Mar 23 at 0:12
  • @Dai Bowen I have updated the initial post with the entireties of where the glossary commands are used. Hope it helps.
    – JPed
    Mar 23 at 13:42

1 Answer 1

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With the extra code we can cut it down to reproduce the issue with

\documentclass{report}
\usepackage{enumitem}

\setlist[description]{style=nextline}

\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\newacronym{aau}{AAU}{Aalborg University}
\newacronym{fpga}{FPGA}{Field-Programmable Gate Array}
\newacronym{ram}{RAM}{Random Access Memory}
\newacronym{csi}{CSI}{Camera Serial Interface}
\newacronym{i2c}{I2C}{Inter-Integrated Circuit}
\newacronym{spi}{SPI}{Serial Peripheral Interface}
\newacronym{canbus}{CAN bus}{Controller Area Network bus}
\newacronym{leo}{LEO}{Low Earth Orbit}
\newacronym{fov}{FOV}{Field Of View}
\newacronym{ifov}{IFOV}{Instantaneous Field Of View}
\newacronym{csp}{CSP}{Cubesat Space Protocol}
\newacronym{cpu}{CPU}{Central Processing Unit}
\newacronym{esa}{ESA}{European Space Agency}

\glsaddall[types=\acronymtype]

\begin{document}
\setglossarystyle{list}
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title={Abbreviations}]
\end{document} 

With the line

\setlist[description]{style=nextline}

being responsible.

Under the hood, the glossaries list style is built on the description environment. As you've redefined the style of description to be nextline with enumitem, this puts the contents of the \item on a new line if the label is wider than the leftmargin of the list environment. This is why only some acronyms (those with the widest short form) have their long form on a new line.

Assuming you want other description environments to be typeset with the nextline style, change the description environment just before \printglossary to restore it to normal.

\setlist[description]{style=standard}
\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title={Abbreviations}]

The glossaries list style and related styles should then behave as expected from the manual.

Result of compiled code showing the acronym list from the glossaries package showing short and long form being defined on the same line

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  • Hi Dai, implementing the changes you made solved the issue. Thank you very much for your assistance.
    – JPed
    Mar 27 at 9:14

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