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Is it possible to write a word in uppercase in the glossaries but in lowercase in the text? I could use \glslink instead of \gls, but is there no better solution?

Here is an example to clarify what I want:

\documentclass[a4paper]{article}

\usepackage{hyperref}
\usepackage{glossaries}

\makeglossaries
\newglossaryentry{lowercase}{name={lowercase}, description={In the glossary, this word should be capitalized}}
\newglossaryentry{uppercase}{name={Uppercase}, description={This word is capitalized}}

\begin{document}

Should both be lowercase: \gls{lowercase}, \gls{uppercase}.

Workaround: \gls{lowercase}, \glslink{uppercase}{uppercase}.

\printglossaries

\end{document}

This yields:

Should both be lowercase: lowercase, Uppercase.
Workaround: lowercase, uppercase. 

Glossary
lowercase In the glossary, this word should be capitalized. 1
Uppercase This word is capitalized. 1
Misch
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There is a simple solution. You can set the text that appears in the glossary and the text that appears in the... text separatly.

\newglossaryentry{uppercase}{
    name={Uppercase},
    text={uppercase},
    description={Appears uppercase in the glossary and lowercase in the text}
}
Nitram
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For future users encountering same trouble:

I ran into the problem myself and found this question and its duplicate. @Nitram's solution was useful in the case of a first word defined as a macro. However:

  • I didn't want to duplicate all the name entries,
  • I did want to keep control of what is capitalized and what isn't (case of mathematical symbols as first characters),
  • I wanted to keep the usual behaviour if nothing is specifically asked.

From an answer by @nicola-talbot there, I found a simple redefinition that does the trick:

\usepackage{mfirstuc}
\renewcommand{\glsnamefont}[2][]{\capitalisewords{#1}\xspace#2}

Examples:

Usage: outputs "First word capitalized" in the glossary, and \gls{firstexample} in-text outputs "first word capitalized":

\newglossaryentry{firstexample}{
  name={first}{word capitalized}
}

This won't work with a macro (will capitalize whole word), hence use of text field: 

\newglossaryentry{boite}{
  name={\Boite de valeurs},
  text={\boite de valeurs}
}

I have maths first, normal use of name: both in the glossary and in-text \gls{firstexample} output "$i$-th blabla":

\newglossaryentry{iblabla}{
  name={$i$-th blabla}
}
Community
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luneart
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I've used Nicola's answer, since none of the answers here worked for me.

The glossaries-extra package allows to easily setup the capitalization with firstuc. I didn't had to change much of my previews code, nor calls. Just change the package and add the following code:

\setglossarystyle{long}
\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{long-short}
\glssetcategoryattribute{acronym}{glossdesc}{firstuc}
G. Bay
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    @Sndn I think you could consider reading about the package mfirstuc and also this question: https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/304123/75648 – G. Bay Mar 28 '19 at 14:43
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It is possible to use both upper and lower case in the text;\Gls{} will give the capitalized word or term, as in the beginning of the sentence. In other locations, \gls{} can also be used for the lowercase form. See section 3 of the beginner's guide. I'm not sure if this exactly addresses the question asked, but it is a common usage for which people might find this question.

Liam
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