Alternative to glossaries (abbreviations)

Question

I'm searching for an alternative to glossaries that I can use with MikTex 2.9, specifically in TeXWorks. It may not depend on any external program due to security restrictions.

I only need a functionality that allows abbreviations, glossary entries not definitely needed (although this is almost the same, technically, I assume).

I've seen Alternative to glossaries?, but this would not work for me as I need something that allows me to use a command like

\gls{glossname}

To reference the glossary entries.

Ideally, it would also have the capability of listing the pages where the entry is used.

Anybody able to help me here? Thanks in advance!

If you use \makenoidxglossaries and \printnoidxglossaries instead of \makeglossaries and \printglossaries, you can use the glossaries package without the need for any external programs. — Nicola Talbot, Aug 25 '16 at 17:19

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 26 '16 at 08:15

(Converting my comment into an answer.) It's possible to use the glossaries package without using an external indexing application (Option 1 in the user manual). You just need to use \makenoidxglossaries instead of \makeglossaries and \printnoidxglossaries (or \printnoidxglossary) instead of \printglossaries (or \printglossary).

Example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[acronyms]{glossaries}

\makenoidxglossaries

\newglossaryentry{sample}{name={sample},
 description={an example}}
\newacronym{html}{HTML}{hypertext markup language}

\begin{document}
\gls{sample} and \gls{html}.

\printnoidxglossaries
\end{document}

Alternatively:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[abbreviations]{glossaries-extra}

\makenoidxglossaries

\newglossaryentry{sample}{name={sample},
 description={an example}}
\newabbreviation{html}{HTML}{hypertext markup language}

\begin{document}
\gls{sample} and \gls{html}.

\printnoidxglossaries
\end{document}

Alternative to glossaries (abbreviations)

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