Symbol Glossarie: Showing the unit instead of the name

Question

I am using a symbol glossaries looking like this:

\newglossaryentry{Symb:V}{
    name=\ensuremath{V},
    description={Volume},
    symbol=\si{\milli\metre\cubed},
    sort=lat:V,
    type=Symb
}

Usually I use \gls{Symb:V) to show V. Now I want to show the unit mm^3 instead. How can I do this?

I checked google, but I could not find the correct question to type in.

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 04 '20 at 14:00

The answer is straight-forward. But perhaps these links (#1 and #2) could be of interest to you as well.

\documentclass{book}                           
\usepackage{siunitx}
\usepackage[symbols]{glossaries}

\newglossaryentry{Symb:V}{
    name=\ensuremath{V},
    description={Volume},
    symbol=\si{\milli\metre\cubed},
    type=symbols,
}

\makeglossaries
\begin{document}
    First use of \gls{Symb:V}, of \glsdesc{Symb:V} and finally of \glssymbol{Symb:V}.

    \printsymbols
\end{document}

Thanks. Just the moment I found an answer as well. Whats the between \glsentrysymbol and \glssymbol? — Mash, Mar 04 '20 at 14:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 04 '20 at 14:00

0

The solution is:

\gls{Symb:Q}            & \glsentrysymbol{Symb:Q} & \glsentrydesc{Symb:Q} \\

answered Mar 04 '20 at 14:00

Mash

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Symbol Glossarie: Showing the unit instead of the name

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