List of Abbreviations not showing up using \makeglossaries

Question

I would like to get the List of Abbreviations to show up in my document.

I am using the glossary code found here and cannot get the list of abbreviations to show up. I took the following steps:

1. I installed pearl script.

2. I then downloaded and placed the makeglossaries.bat and makeglossaries.txt into a folder name makeglossaries and placed that folder in the path C:\Users\mycomputer\makeglossaries

3. I then modified the makeglossaries.bat file by changing the original command to perl -S %makeglossaries_path%\makeglossaries "%~n1".

I am using WinEdt and when I run PDFLaTeXify, I get the warning

Can't open pearl script "\makeglossaries": No such file or directory

I see that the .acn file is created with the glossentries.

Can you tell me how to get the List of Abbreviations to show up in the document?

I did look at the other posts concerning this issue but could still not figure out a solution.

Here is the code:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{longtable}
\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}

% abbreviations:
\newacronym{ny}{NY}{New York}
\newacronym{la}{LA}{Los Angeles}
\newacronym{un}{UN}{United Nations}

% nomenclature:
\newglossaryentry{angelsperarea}{
  name = $a$ ,
  description = The number of angels per unit area,
}
\newglossaryentry{numofangels}{
  name = $N$ ,
  description = The number of angels per needle point
}
\newglossaryentry{areaofneedle}{
  name = $A$ ,
  description = The area of the needle point
}

\makeglossaries
\begin{document}

\gls{ny}, \gls{la} and \gls{un} are abbreviations whereas
\gls{angelsperarea}, \gls{numofangels} and \gls{areaofneedle} are part of the
nomenclature

\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,title=Abbreviations]

\printglossary[title=Nomenclature]

\end{document}