list of symbols - separating greek letters

Question

I am using a template which includes a list of symbols based on the glossaries package. The package is called as follows:

\RequirePackage[nonumberlist,acronym,symbols,shortcuts,toc,translate=babel]{glossaries}

When entering symbols, the following notation is used (one sample for greek letters, one for roman):

\newglossaryentry{A}{
name=\ensuremath{A},
description={area},
unit=m\textsuperscript{2},
sort=A,
type=symbols,

}

\newglossaryentry{tau}{
name=\ensuremath{\tau},
description={time constant},
unit=\si{\second},
sort=\tau,
type=symbols

}

When it comes to sorting, the greek letter is always on top of all roman ones because it is sorted by the special character backslash which comes before the A (just as all other special characters). However, I would like to have the greek letters below the romans - be it within a subsection of the LOS or simply below the entries for Z. I tried the following solution, which gave errors and did not work: How to make a custom list of symbols with separated greek and roman symbols? The LOS is included using

\includesymbols{LIST/symbols}

and in the class, some definitions (which I do not fully get) are made:

% custom symbol style
\glsaddstoragekey{unit}{}{\glsentryunit}
%\glsnoexpandfields     % der macht Aerger mit \acp{}
\newglossarystyle{symbunitlong}{%
 \setglossarystyle{long3col}% base this style on the list style
 \renewenvironment{theglossary}{% Change the table type --> 3 columns
   \begin{longtable}{lp{10cm}>{\centering\arraybackslash}p{2cm}}}%
   {\end{longtable}}%
 %
 \renewcommand{\glossaryheader}{%  Change the table header
   \bfseries Symbol & \bfseries Name & \bfseries Unit\\hline
   \endhead}%
 \renewcommand{\glossentry}[2]{%  Change the displayed items
    \glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}} %
    & \glossentrydesc{##1}% Description
    & \glsentryunit{##1}  \tabularnewline
 }%
}

So, there are two solutions which would just fulfill my needs perfectly: 1) there is a way to have the special character sorted below Z, 2) there is any way to seperate the roman from the greek letters (or any idea why the solution from the link above does not work)

I appreciate any hint! Thanks a lot!

Regards

list of symbols - separating greek letters

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