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I need to generate the List of Acronyms for a report class document, i used this method to make the acronym:

insert -> nomenclature entry

then I write the symbol and the description. Example:

Symbol: API
Description: Application Programming Interface

But when I did this:

insert -> List / TOC -> Nomenclature

in the place where I want the list of acronyms to appear nothing happens.

What am I doing wrong here, and how to insert an abbreviation table into my document?

Update:

I know about this Question but what I want is not an abbreviation table after each chapter; I want one in the beginning of the document after the table of contents.

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  • I am not sure but try this: add "\addcontentsline{toc}{section}{Nomenclature}" at the position where you want to have your nomenclatur and afterwards the the list of all your acronyms. This should insert all acronyms at this position... – C.Colden May 17 '13 at 18:46
  • I think that's for adding an element to the table of content what I want is to add a table of abbreviation – Yahya KACEM May 17 '13 at 22:27
  • I also just added acronyms with

    insert -> nomenclature entry

    but at the place where they should be displayed. I didn't used the second command you mentioned. Update: I just tried it and it worked fine. I am not sure why you are using the second command...

     – C.Colden May 18 '13 at 11:14
  • What you mean it worked fine, did it generate a table of abbreviation? – Yahya KACEM May 18 '13 at 12:59
  • Thanks, that did it "Tools > Preferences > Output > LaTeX" set to "makeindex -s nomencl.ist" maybe put this as an answer so I can accept it. – Yahya KACEM May 18 '13 at 21:02

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A "nomenclature entry" is translated by LyX to a \nomenclature command of the package "nomencl". The creation of the list of acronyms by "Insert > List/TOC > Nomenclature" invokes the program "makeindex" (of the TeX distribution).

One can tweak the call of "makeindex" or could even replace it by changing the field "Nomenclature command" under "Tools > Preferences > Output > LaTeX". For LyX 2.0.x, the default setting of this field should be makeindex -s nomencl.ist. This value might have been lost somehow...

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