How to make a List of Symbols without page number

Question

I am using the nomencl package for printing a List of Symbols but I do want the List of Symbols to appear only without its page number in the Table of Contents and there should not be a page number at the List of Symbols page itself.

Answer 1

If I understand you correct, you do want the nomenclature to appear in the table of contents but without a page number. The nomenclature itself should also not have a page number.

cmhughes's \pagestyle{empty} takes us halfway there as it only removes the page number from the page itself. The page has still a page number, it just doesn't show.

You could do it in two ways:

1. Solution 1
   • intoc option of nomencl,
   • \pagestyle{empty}, and
   • \renewcommand\thepage{}
2. Solution 2
   • notintoc (default) of nomencl,
   • \pagestyle{empty}, and
   • \addtocontents{toc}{\protect\contentsline{section}{\nomname}{}}

I'd do this all in a scope (i.e. putting {} around it), so that it reverts all settings after the nomenclature (page style/\thepage definition).

For a better example it is assumed that the nomenclature appears solely on pages without other content, therefore I added \clearpages before and after the nomenclature

The first solution may be preferred because you don't have to take care at which level the nomenclature should be added to the table of contents.

Solution 1

\usepackage[intoc]{nomencl}
…
{\clearpage
\pagestyle{empty}
\renewcommand\thepage{}
\printnomenclature
\clearpage}

Solution 2

\usepackage[notintoc]{nomencl}
…
{\clearpage
\pagestyle{empty}
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\contentsline{section}{\nomname}{}}
\printnomenclature
\clearpage}

Code

The example is taken from the nomencl manual.

Solution 1

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[intoc]{nomencl}

\makenomenclature

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\section{Main equations}

\begin{equation}
a=\frac{N}{A}
\end{equation}%

\nomenclature{$a$}{The number of angels per unit area}%
\nomenclature{$N$}{The number of angels per needle point}%
\nomenclature{$A$}{The area of the needle point}%

The equation $\sigma = m a$%
\nomenclature{$\sigma$}{The total mass of angels per unit area}%
\nomenclature{$m$}{The mass of one angel}
follows easily.

{\clearpage
\pagestyle{empty}
\renewcommand{\thepage}{}
\printnomenclature
\clearpage}

Text behind the nomenclature with page number
\end{document}

Solution 2

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[notintoc]{nomencl}

\makenomenclature

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\section{Main equations}

\begin{equation}
a=\frac{N}{A}
\end{equation}%

\nomenclature{$a$}{The number of angels per unit area}%
\nomenclature{$N$}{The number of angels per needle point}%
\nomenclature{$A$}{The area of the needle point}%

The equation $\sigma = m a$%
\nomenclature{$\sigma$}{The total mass of angels per unit area}%
\nomenclature{$m$}{The mass of one angel}
follows easily.

{\clearpage
\pagestyle{empty}
\addtocontents{toc}{\protect\contentsline{section}{\nomname}{}}
\printnomenclature
\clearpage}

Text behind the nomenclature with page number
\end{document}

Output