Questions tagged [glossaries]

{glossaries} is about creating glossaries, acronyms, nomenclatures and similar lists. A popular package is `glossaries`.

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List of Acronyms not showing up (using glossaries package)

I am using following code to print list of acronyms. It shows the correct acronyms in the text but no list is produced (when I use it on my desktop computer). Refer to first image below. However same ...
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Minimal setup for Glossaries including short forms?

I did not find any tutorial or question, which might help me with this issue. I am using \usepackage[acronym, nomain, automake, nopostdot, shortcuts]{glossaries-extra} \makeglossaries \printglossary[...
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Glossaries/Acronyms First Word all Caps

In Aviation, the abbreviation VOR is an abbreviation of three words. The first word is actually an abbreviation of three words. VOR = VHF Omnidirectional Range. VHF = Very High Frequency. If I do \Gls{...
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Acronym glossary inconsistently prints entries

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 ...
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glossaries, glspldesc or glsdescpls

I am using \glsdesc{XX} to replace \gls{XX} when XX is used only once in my document. How to replace \glspl{XX} when that is the only occurrence? \glspldesc and \glsdescpl are not defined. \...
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Glossary style with tabularray

I am currently migrating from xltabular to tabularray. As part of that I want to adapt my custom glossary style for List of Symbols and List of Abbreviations (same style). This is my old code: % ...
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Why does this Symbol list cap at 1 page? [closed]

I have been trying to use the glossaries and the glossaries-extra to generate a list of Acronyms and a List of Symbols. Acronyms are coming great, and Symbols does so...but just one page; for whatever ...
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make glossaries \glslink respect the first-use

I would like to have a \glslink-style command, that respects the first use flag of an abbreviation i.e. printing the abbreviation in parantheses if this is the first occurance. MWE: \documentclass{...
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Latex newcommand with key-values uses value of last call for each call

I'm currently trying to build a wrapper command for \glsxtrnewsymbol for my glossary, that uses keyvalues to keep it more organised(example how a call of the function should look like see attached). \...
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How to have the first \gls in a float \caption entry show as \glsfirst

I have multiple float environments (scheme, figure and table) with respective \caption's that I would like to be able to reuse (I \include floats from another file so they do not clutter my text ...
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The List of abbreviations should be in a table

The image below is a list of abbreviations I currently have, I'm trying to find how to add borders, in a table with no headers but with entries separated by lines. Current MWE: \documentclass[12pt, ...
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Custom glossary as part of a chapter

I want to set a glossary as part of specific chapter. This is a sample code which I want to put Top-Level Domains glossary as part of Test chapter: \documentclass{book} \usepackage[colorlinks]{...
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acronyms glossary: How can I fix the vertical alignment between the notation and description columns?

I'm having some trouble displaying my glossaries. I import the glossaries package as follows: \usepackage[% automake, xindy section = section, nonumberlist, sanitize={symbol=false}, ...
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LaTeX glossaries \glsfirst{} not showing long text with MikTeX but on overleaf

I'm using the glossaries package with acronym option to list the abbreviations used in my dissertation. Unfortunately, I am facing problems using \glsfirst{} to display the long text that is intended ...
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\(\gls{relationSymbol}}…\) doesn't kill the space preceding the relation symbol if hyperoutside is false

Continuing \mathord{\gls{relationSymbol}} doesn't kill the space preceding the relation symbol if hyperoutside is false , what would be the preferred, official™ way of typesetting A. a math-...
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Glossaries: glsreset conflicts with indexonlyfirst

To my surprise, the acronym TEST is listed twice in the glossary. It appears that this is the case due to the glsreset. How can I still only display the first use in the document? The documentation on ...
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Why doesn't Overleaf show the glossary?

I have been working on my thesis that has a glossary and acronym part and at first it showed them but suddenly it has disappeared. I did a lot of tests on new documents but almost none of them work ...
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how to add such a footnote to the code listing

Recently I saw a manual for working with glossaries, source code on page 14 there is a footnote with: opening the source code downloading it from the server by downloading the finished pdf file I ...
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Amsart: Adding new definitions in the footer of each page

Suppose we wish for something similar to a glossary in the footer: Definition of word 1 under page 1 Definition of word 2 under page 2 Definition of word 3 & 4 under page 3 .......................
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How to capitalize the first letter of a glossary or acronym description

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{...
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I would like to increase the description width of this acronyms list

\usepackage[acronym,toc,shortcuts]{glossaries} \makeglossaries \input{Glosario} \renewcommand*{\glspostdescription}{} % remove trailing dot \renewcommand{\glsnamefont}[1]{\textbf{#1}} \begin{document}...
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acronymns not showing up in latex document

all. I am trying to get a list of acronyms to show up in my document. I have a main "thesis.tex" file where I would like to put the acronyms after the list of figures and tables. In the ...
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Hyperlinks in pdf of glossary entries do not point to glossary/acronyms list page

I'm writing a thesis report using the Laval university ulthese template and added a glossary for acronyms as described in this overleaf guide. I am then inserting acronyms into the main report content ...
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Is there a command to insert symbols from the nomenclature into the main document similar to /gls for glossary entries?

I'm using the nomencl package for the first time after initially building my list of symbols using the glossaries package before realizing this was not appropriate. However, from the documentation it ...
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'package/after/glossaries' is deprecated in yathesis package

I am currently using the yathesis package to write (thanks again for this great tool 🥇 ) but here I am still getting the following error message: Fichier : yathesis.cls Type : avertissement Message :...
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\mathord{\gls{relationSymbol}} doesn't kill the space preceding the relation symbol if hyperoutside is false

Feeding \documentclass{article} \pagestyle{empty} \usepackage[makeindex,toc,nogroupskip,nomain]{glossaries-extra} \newglossary[nlg]{notation}{not}{ntn}{Symbols} %%% See http://tex.stackexchange.com/...
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How can I create a small "database" of objects in my LaTeX project and use different subsets of their properties at different places

Suppose you want to maintain a set of objects in a central place and render them differently (``views'') at various places in your LaTeX document, similar to glossaries but more generic. For example, ...
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Glossary not working on Overleaf using separate tex files (main + different chapters)

I have the following document structure on Overleaf: main.tex \usepackage[acronym]{glossaries} \makeglossaries \newacronym{ner}{NER}{Named Entity Recognition} \begin{document} \include{propcover} \...
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How to edit glossarie style

I want to add a black line under the title of my title column. I want to edit the name of column title and do in bold. Finally, i want to align my "pages" column with the right. \...
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Glossaries - capitalize "first" appearance

For example, I have a glossary entry \newglossaryentry{np}{ name = {NP}, description = {non-deterministic polynomial}, first = {non-deterministic polynomial (NP)} } I want to be able to ...
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How do I refer to the first page of the glossary?

This question is about making the glossary numbered, and referring to it by that number. I'm instead asking about referring to the page where the unnumbered glossary starts. Since I'm using \...
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How to use small-caps for glossary entries in the glossary section?

(I know of this question, but it's old, from 2013, and smallcaps option has been deprecated, apprently, hence I'm asking a new question.) Take this simple example usage of glossaries from Overleaf; ...
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Glossaries - Defining custom glossary style not working (anymore) / Throws error: "File ended while scanning use of \newglossarystyle"

quite some time ago I tried to define my own glossarystyle using the glossaries and glossaries-extra packages. At some point in early 2021 I managed to do so and was able to compile a working glossary....
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A lowercase letter in acronym

I am using glossaries-extra package to handle the acronyms in my thesis. Some acronyms have a lowercase letter in the middle of uppercase letters. For instance, Bogoliubov-de Gennes (BdG). Is there ...
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Error Undefined control sequence. \MFUexcl{\ensuremath} when running the sample code to create a list of symbols

I'm running the following sample code from How to effectively use List of Symbols for a thesis? \documentclass{report} \usepackage{amsthm,xparse} \ExplSyntaxOn \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \...
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How format glossary to avoid text exits from page right margin?

For some entries of the package glossaries (acronyms and glossary) the text exits from page margin. Here is a MWE: \documentclass[11pt,twoside]{book} %%%%% STYLE \usepackage[subpreambles=false]{...
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Specify articles for short and long forms of acronyms with glossaries-extra

TL;DR Is there a way to specify different indefinite articles for short and long forms of abbreviations using glossaries-extra and bib2gls? I recently transitioned my project from using the acronym ...
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Glossary, remove comma before [see]

I would like to remove the comma before the [see] throughout the glossary. Unless there is an explanation to keep the comma. How to replace the '&' with the word 'and'? , compare Filters & ...
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How to change text position and get bold font for lists of symbols and of acronyms with glossaries package?

I inherited an overleaf template for a thesis, but the current glossary settings for lists of symbols and acronyms do not satisfy me. The current code with examples: \documentclass{article} \...
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Do the examples of `glossaries-extra` actually work for anyone?

In the glossaries-extra manual page there is this example: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \usepackage{glossaries-extra} \makeglossaries \newabbreviation{svm}{SVM}{support ...
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Create a bibliography/glossary-like structures in Latex

I'm making a software requirements document in Latex. I wanted to make something 'somewhat' easy to use since more people will start to do the same in the company if this gets a good reception. Using ...
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\printglossary destroys table counter and hyperref

first of all, I would like to point out that this is my second larger work in LaTex. Through the first I could already gather some experience, but unfortunately I can't get any further here. The major ...
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glossaries - renewing \glossaryentryfield and \glossarysubentryfield

I noticed that after updating glossaries today, I had an error related to \renewcommand*{\glossarysubentryfield}{...} and \renewcommand*{\glossaryentryfield}{...}: the commands weren't previously ...
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Can the Glossaries package print unused entries with automake?

I am trying to add a glossary to a book, and ideally would keep the compiling process as simple as possible (i.e., use the automake option), while also being able to just print the entire glossary ...
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Automake for Glossaries not working with Xelatex

I am trying to make a glossary in Xelatex (I use Texworks and Miktex), but cannot get the glossary to print. Here is my MWE: \documentclass[12pt]{article} \usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage[automake]{...
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VS Code Latex Workshop won't print bibliography and glossaries at the same time

I'm new to Latex and I'm currently using the VS Code Latex Workshop extension for my documentation. There are currently some glossary and bibliography entries as well. My problem is that only the ...
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Extra space before and after gls word

When I use the glossaries package (version 4.50), there is an extra space before and after the word. Previously, this problem did not exist with the following settings. I updated the TeX distribution ...
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Linebreak in long abbreviation description

I'd like to have a linebreak inside the long abbreviation description. I tried it with \linebreak: \documentclass[ pdftex,a4paper,11pt,oneside,fleqn, bibliography=totoc,listof=totoc, ...
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No abbreviations printed

With the way I compile my code in TexMaker, I don't get any printed acronym in the pdf. Compile: pdflatex -synctex=1 -interaction=nonstopmode -shell-escape %.tex|bib2gls --group %|bibtex %|pdflatex -...
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Trying to create an index for a multivolume work

So, I have found this, and it appears to have the exact answers I need, particularly the answer from Luis Turcio. However, there is so much code in the answer that I'm having trouble understanding it ...
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