adding a custom structure and giving a title to it

Question

I have some big acronyms names and descriptions, and with this answer I could structure then well. However, now I want to put a big title in this structure, with same style as List of Tables, the text could be "List of abbreviations and acronyms".

I already searched it here, however I just saw explanations about sections and chapters. However, this list I created is something that stays out (and before) of Contents list.

Here is an example with only acronyms and each description:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{lipsum}
\makeatletter
\newcommand{\tocfill}{\cleaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern\@dotsep mu . \mkern\@dotsep mu$}\hfill}
\makeatother
\newcommand{\abbrlabel}[1]{\makebox[5cm][l]{\textbf{#1}\ \tocfill}}
\newenvironment{abbreviations}{\begin{list}{}{\renewcommand{\makelabel}{\abbrlabel}%
        \setlength{\labelwidth}{5cm}\setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth+\labelsep}%
                                              \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}}}{\end{list}}
\begin{document}
\begin{abbreviations}
\item[US] United States
\item[EU] European Union
\item[Gvmt] Government. \lipsum[2]
\end{abbreviations} 
\end{document}

@cgnieder is there a way to configure alignment (to center) and size (bigger) of it? — mhery, Apr 20 '20 at 14:26
@cgnieder alright, please add your suggestion as answer, it is correct — mhery, Apr 20 '20 at 20:27

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 21 '20 at 06:29

You said you wanted the same style as the list of figures and your MWE shows you're using the article class. In the article class \listoffigues does \section*{\listfigurename}. So \section*{List of Abbreviations and Acronyms} should do what you want:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{calc}
\usepackage{lipsum}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\tocfill}{%
  \cleaders\hbox{$\m@th \mkern\@dotsep mu . \mkern\@dotsep mu$}\hfill
}
\makeatother

\newcommand{\abbrlabel}[1]{\makebox[5cm][l]{\textbf{#1} \tocfill}}
\newenvironment{abbreviations}{%
  \begin{list}{}{%
    \renewcommand{\makelabel}{\abbrlabel}%
    \setlength{\labelwidth}{5cm}%
    \setlength{\leftmargin}{\labelwidth+\labelsep}%
    \setlength{\itemsep}{0pt}%
  }%
}{\end{list}}

\begin{document}

\listoffigures

\section*{List of Abbreviations and Acronyms}
\begin{abbreviations}
  \item[US] United States
  \item[EU] European Union
  \item[Gvmt] Government. \lipsum[2]
\end{abbreviations} 

\end{document}

adding a custom structure and giving a title to it

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