Questions tagged [glossaries-extra]

{glossaries-extra} is used to tag questions regarding the glossaries-extra package.

{glossaries-extra} is used to tag questions regarding the glossaries-extra package, which adds additional functions to the glossaries packages for creating glossaries and acronym lists.

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glossaries automake not working lualatex

I have an up to date MikTex distribution. Roughly following Trouble making a glossary, I have the following code in…
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All-cap abbreviations lead to undefined control sequence when used chapters/sections of books

I wanted to compile an old document on a new PC, so basically I switched from texlive 2021 to an up-to-date version of texlive 2023 for the compilation of a longer document (includes glossaries-extra among many other packages). This lead to the…
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glossaries-extra package help

I want to build a list of symbols using the glossaries-extra package but I am getting error saying "Error: Could not start the command: "makeglossaries.exe although I have specified the correct path for makeglossaries.exe file in…
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glossaries-extra pre-location tag not shown in specific conditions

I'm having a problem that the glossary-extra pre-location tag (e.g., "Pages:" before the page list) is not shown in certain specific conditions. As far as I can tell, these conditions seem to be: Using \glsresetall before each \chapter{} (e.g., to…
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Illegal parameter number glossaries-extra

This code does not compile with my tectonic latex compiler. On overleaf it compiles, but it complains about same error with message it fixed it with replacing # with ##. I don't know latex very well but this seems like bug to…
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Similar Acronyms with glossaries

How to generate the following sentences with the glossaries functionality: In operational phase 1 (OP1) we did such. In the following OP2 and OP3 we changed the settings. The tex code would look something like: In \gls{OP1} we did such. In the…
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Unknown index keyword \indexentry

I have a system (BridgeSystem.tex) with several indexes and during the process of adding a new symbol glossary and refactoring a lot of code, one of them went missing. Its .idx file looked structurally identical to the .idx files of the others, but…
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Add a symbol from a new font to a glossary

The MWE uses the default display for all suits except Hearts. I'd prefer to use \varheartsuit for it and elsewhere I use \symbolfamily\char"2666. But if that's directly subsituted it doesn't display. Do I need to declare a new math symbol or is…
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Acronyms will only display short version in main text, even the first time they're used

Whenever an acronym is mentioned in my document, it will be defined in the list of acronyms but not in the main text. I tried changing setabbreviationstyle but nothing seems to work. Here's an example…
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How to use bib2gls in TexLive on a mac?

I am trying to use the glossaries-extra package with an .bib file which contains all my abbreviations, glossary entries, and symbols. There is the bib2gls package/tool out there, but, unfortunately, I am unable to use the bib2gls on my mac with TeX…
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How to produce mixed-case abbreviations with glossaries-extra and small-caps style?

I am using the glossaries-extra package for abbreviations in a technical document using a small-caps style for abbreviations (\setabbreviationstyle{long-short-sc}). The text contains a lot of mixed-case abbreviations (like qPCR, rRNA) which I would…
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Show long form of a glossary entry multiple times

Normally, the glossaries-extra package displays the long form of an abbreviation only the first time. I would like to set the number of times that the long form of abbreviations are shown, before it starts showing the short form. For…
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Why has newglossaryentry no effect depending on location

\documentclass{scrartcl} \usepackage[ngerman]{babel} \usepackage{lipsum} \usepackage[toc,nomain,acronym,automake]{glossaries-extra} \newglossary[tmg]{mygloss}{tms}{tmo}{My Glossy} \makeglossaries \begin{document} \newglossaryentry{test}{ …
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Glossaries-extra does not emphasize first occurrences

Normally, glossaries-extra is supposed to emphasize the first occurrence of a glossary entry in text. In my case it does not and I do not understand why. The project is too large to share in its entirety, but I will try to post relevant lines of…
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\newabbreviation: How to set a different short-form only in the first usage?

I would like to use a different short-form only in the very first usage of a \gls command. For instance, consider the following…
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