nomenclature in a specific way

Question

I want to make my nomenclature using nomencl to look like

taken from here but I have no idea how to do it.

How would the nomencl.cfg file have to look like, and would I what changes would I have to make to the nomencl.ist file?

Answer 1

The following code reproduces exactly the one in the figure:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[intoc,refpage]{nomencl}
\usepackage{hyperref}
\renewcommand{\nomname}{List of Notations}
\renewcommand*{\pagedeclaration}[1]{\dotfill\hyperpage{#1}}
\makenomenclature
\begin{document}
\printnomenclature[1.5cm]   % Change the value between square brackets
                            % to increase space between symbols and descriptions
\clearpage
[F=ma]
\nomenclature{$F$}{Force}
\nomenclature{$a$}{Acceleration}
\clearpage
[E=MC^2]
\nomenclature{$E$}{Energy}
\nomenclature{$M$}{Mass}
\nomenclature{$c$}{Speed of Light}
\end{document}

Some remarks:

The package option intoc inserts the "List of Notations" in the TOC without any need for a line like:

\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\nomname}

You need to run the following sequence to get correct references (assuming your .tex file is named yourfile.tex:

pdflatex yourfile

makeindex -s nomencl.ist -t yourfile.nlg -o yourfile.nls yourfile.nlo

pdflatex yourfile

makeindex -s nomencl.ist -t yourfile.nlg -o yourfile.nls yourfile.nlo

pdflatex yourfile

Answer 2

This should work:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{typearea}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\usepackage[refpage]{nomencl}
\def\pagedeclaration#1{\dotfill\nobreakspace#1}
\makenomenclature

\begin{document}
\lipsum[1-5]
\nomenclature{$a$}{Acceleration}
\nomenclature{$F$}{Force}
\nomenclature{$M$}{Mass}
\clearpage
\lipsum[6]
\nomenclature{$c$}{Speed of Light}
\nomenclature{$E$}{Energy}

\renewcommand{\nomname}{List of Notations}
\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{\nomname}
\printnomenclature

\end{document}