Questions tagged [glossaries]
{glossaries} is about creating glossaries, acronyms, nomenclatures and similar lists. A popular package is `glossaries`.
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Sections do not appear in table of contents with etoc package
I use the package etoc to customize a table of contents in a Tufte-book documentclass, which contains Parts, chapters, sections, bibliography, glossary, index and "index of pieces". I use ...
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Glossaries PDF bookmark contains equals sign before
I am writting a thesis with the scrreprt document class and the glossaries package. I have a problem with the PDF bookmarks of the glossaries. As you can see in the picture below there is a equal sign ...
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Using the Glossaries package, how do I hyperref only the short form of an abbreviation?
Currently when I use the glossaries package and use an abbreviation for the first time both the long as well as the short form of the abbreviation show up as a hyperlink. How do I set it up so that ...
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Glossaries package: \glsresetall with exceptions
At the start of each chapter I use \glsresetall. However, there are certain abbreviations so commonly known by the audience I am writing for that it seems unnecessary to refresh their memory in each ...
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Dot after location list. Glossaries
I want to have a dot in glossary after all page numbers as it shown on the image:
Code for this document below:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\newglossaryentry{utc}{name=UTC, ...
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Include glossary and nomenclature with LuaTeX
I'm a Latex beginner and I'm trying to include a glossary as well as nomenclature section at the beginning of my thesis. As I'm using the fontspec.sty package I have to use either XeTeX or LuaTeX for ...
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How to solve this glossary style error in overleaf?
\printunsrtglossary[style=,title=Glossary,type=
\glsxtrabbrvtype]
\makenomenclature
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Package conflict : hyperref, glossaries, and keyfloat
In the code below if I uncomment either of #1 or #2 or #3 it compiles, otherwise not. Why
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage{keyfloat} % #1
\usepackage{filecontents}
\begin{filecontents*}{\...
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Glossaries package: capitalise first word of sentence in list of acronyms
I have seen many similar but slightly different questions on the capitalisation of glossary entries or acronyms in the text itself and in the list of acronyms, but none answered my question: How do I ...
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Check if a glossary have any indexed entry
I am using the glossaries-extra package to create a custom environment for printing a glossary if there are any indexed entries.
Looking at the glossaries-extra documentation, I found \...
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Acronym long version in margin only for a category
I'm using the solution given here to display long versions of acronyms in the margin, using the glossaries package. It works great, but I would like it to act like this only for the acronym of an ...
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pdfcomment tooltip for acronyms - expansion confusion
I am attempting to place tooltips over acronyms to show the long-form. My command \ac works for acronyms with plain text descriptions. The problem I run into is that if the acronyms contain other ...
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How to force a figure to appear before glossary
I'm building a glossary to explain technical jargon in a diagram. The diagram should be on the first page of the document and the glossary on following page(s). I'm using the glossaries package for ...
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Acronym list, delete the last number page
When I print the list of acronym, I have the page number where the acronym appears. The problem is that also the last page is added, i.e. the page where the list of acronym starts.
For example, the ...
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Glossaries, exclude part (pages) from being indexed (such as list of tables)
I use glossaries, i.e. I have \usepackage[toc,nopostdot]{glossaries} and \makeglossaries in my Latex file, and a couple of definitions like
\newacronym[
description={\Glsentrylong{asr}. The conversion ...
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Fixing incompatibility between amsbook and glossaries-extra
I am trying to add a glossary to a document written with the amsbook class using gls2bib and glossaries-extra. Unfortunately, there seems to be a weird interaction between glossaries-extra and the ...
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How to automatically index acronyms under a different index entry?
I would like to use scribal abbreviations of the works of Aristotle (e. g. NE or EE), but the author (Aristotle), who may not specifically named or cited, should automatically appear in the Index of ...
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Line breaks in long acronyms
I'm using glossaries package to generate my acronym list. How can I prevent line breaks in case of long acronym or just align it correctly. Can someone help me with that :) Thank you so much.
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Refinement of glossaries' symbols list with third column
Based on this topic, I have constructed the MWE seen below. It uses the glossaries package to produce a list of symbols with physical units. The list is supposed to have lines between the cells, just ...
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gls file does not update due to order of \bibliography and \appendix
I am using the following code to create a list of symbols and abbreviations for my project:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\usepackage[automake, acronyms, symbols, toc, nonumberlist]{glossaries-extra}
\...
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gls file not created
Latex does not create a .gls file anymore. I get the following error message:
I get the same error for my symbols. I am using the package glossaries-extra like this:
\documentclass[12pt]{article}
\...
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glossaries-extra does not recognise glossaries commands
I have a question regarding the glossaries package. In my thesis I use this package to create a list of symbols/nomenclature. Without the glossaries package and only using glossaries-extra everything ...
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How to print different glossaries entries with a common description
I would like to print different glossaries entries with a common description. For example, I can do this:
\newglossaryentry{s:rc}
{
name={\ensuremath{x', y', z'}},
sort={s:rc},
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Can someone please help me to generate the glossaries?
I already searched online for solutions.
I have a glossaries.tex that is added to my main.tex file. The commands are in this order in my main.tex
\documentclass{scrreprt}
\usepackage[toc]{glossaries}
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How do I make a nested glossary?
I would like to make a nested glossary. For example, there may be subsections for Latin and Greek symbols, sorting is not needed. I tried using the 'parent/nodpostdesc' combination but the result is ...
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glossaries package: disable hyperlink for acronym only
I'm using \usepackage[acronym]{glossaries-extra} and am aware of the switch \glsdisablehyper, however this affects my glossary entries and acronyms. How could I disable hyperlinks to my acronyms only?
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Make glossary constant value show
Ho-ho-hi, so I have this glossary entry:
\newglossaryentry{fermiconstant}{
name={Fermi Coupling Constant},
description={coupling associated to the effective four point interaction of the electroweak ...
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Glossaries: print acronym followed by expansion and description
Apologies if this is covered in the manual, but the glossaries package is very expansive and I cannot seem to find this anywhere.
I am trying to use a single glossary for all items and acronyms, with ...
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chappg prevents glossary from printing
I am writing a report with several chapters. I have the page numbering by chapter using the chappg package and \pagenumbering{bychapter}. In the beginning of the document I want to have a glossary. ...
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Omit punctuation after optional argument in glossary
I'm building a glossary of German Mathematics terms. I would like to omit the comma after the optional argument #2 when #2 is empty.
I tested \IfNoValueF and \IfNoValueTF. They work perfectly without \...
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Abbreviation list not sorted alphabetically
I have this list of abbreviations and everything works fine except for pcrs and ip3. I tried to change \ce{IP3} to ip3 but it doesn't change place. I also tried to change or erase pcrs but I get an ...
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How to capitalize the title for Acronym in latex?
I have an acronyms page in my document.
I print it with this command.
\printunsrtglossaries
However, the title "Acronyms" has only the first letter capitalized, and I want all the letters ...
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How to add source code to glossary entry (lstlisting not working)
I am trying to add source code as the description to a glossary entry:
\newglossaryentry{chans}
{
name=chans,
description={
Refers to the following struct: \\
\begin{lstlisting}...
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Glossaries: italic first use in text but not the parentheses for specific entries
This might be a tricky one. I am using the glossaries-extra package to define a list of acronyms. In my document I have 'general' acronyms and sometimes 'jargon' acronyms that I would like to ...
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Glossaries package incompatible with documentclass{lni}
I have an issue with the latex glossary package, in that it is incompatible with the lni documenttype.
The following code
\documentclass{lni}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage[]{glossaries}
\...
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Package titlesec Error: Entered in horizontal mode. …ysection[\glossarytoctitle]{\glossarytitle} in ClassicThesis
I'm writing my thesis with ClassicThesis.
I want to add a glossary for acronyms so I added the following code to classicthesis template.
I added
\usepackage[acronym,style=long, nolist]{glossaries}
\...
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Making glossaries \gls(<name>) less awkward
This is less a question and more of a tip/trick and an appeal for a more robust solution.
In my business we use lots, I mean lots, of acronyms. Eventually we came to our senses and started using the ...
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Replace description of abbreviation in list of acronyms
For my current protocol I use the Glossaries package and everthing works fine. But I want some things to modify and for this I need some hints.
I use an abbreviation that is in english. So in the list ...
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Align the long forms of acronyms starting from same position using glossaries package
I was trying to list the acronyms used in the complete write-up. For this, i use glossaries package and followed the steps to get the required thing. I was able to get that but i get the acronyms list ...
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Add glossary symbols in document body
Is there a way to add glossary entries in the body of the document and not necessarily in the preamble?
I read the very detailed answer of this question, and I am basically interested in Nicola's ...
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Increase space line items in glossary index group
I'm using the glossary with the style indexgroup.
\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}
\newglossaryentry{example}
{
name=First example,
description={Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur ...
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Sorting an Acronym entry with \mathcal{} with Glossaries package
I'm using the glossaries package for my list of acronyms with the following options:
\usepackage[acronyms,nopostdot,nogroupskip,nonumberlist,nomain,shortcuts]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries
\input{...
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How to create a compact glossary / dictionary using words in bold as keys and appending the list at the end of the page, section or chapter?
Here it is an example of compacted glossary with words' meaning. First the text, then the glossary:
The combination of photovoltaic technology, solar thermal
technology, and reflective or refractive ...
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TexStudio cant find .aux file
I am new to LaTeX offline compilers and editors (I used Overleaf before, so with LaTeX language itself - I am pretty comfortable). I am unable to make simple glossary. I use TexStudio and TexLive. ...
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Autofill commands with own defined class
I have the problem with autofilling commands. Now I am writing an own .cls-File with all packages that I need.
When I use e.g. the code \gls{}, it will be marked red and the autofill function is ...
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how to have equal spacing in acronym list?
I have an acronym list using \printglossary[type=\acronymtype, style=super, nonumberlist] which looks like the following however there is no space between ML and MPC as seen from the below picture:
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Package soul error: Reconstruction failed - \glossarysection
I am using soul package for the spacing and underlining the chapter and section headings. However, I got the problem when I use the section option in the glossaries. Could you help me to fix it?
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Duplicate glossary definitions in List of Symbols And Abbreviations
How can I solve this? I have a duplicated definition on both lists:
This is what I've got in my packages.tex:
\usepackage[abbreviations,style=alttreegroup,record,nomain,symbols]{glossaries-extra}
\...
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Symbols clashing in List Of Symbols
I don't know why this is happening:
This is my setup:
\usepackage[abbreviations,record,style=alttreegroup,nomain,symbols]{glossaries-extra}
\renewcommand\glstreegroupheaderfmt[1]{\begingroup\...
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How to check if the argument of a macro has an underscore?
I'm using the glossary definition from What is the best way for a list of nomenclature?. I need a macro that checks if the argument contains underscore symbol ("_"). I defined myfun but the ...
