As I was Finishing my MSc thesis today I wanted to create a glossary with LaTex, but it was very difficult to find a tutorial or even basic steps to create one, without having to change something, so I decided to create a small “tutorial” on how to create a glossary with LaTeX.
The first step is to include the package :
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\usepackage[nonumberlist]{glossaries} |
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\usepackage{acronym} |
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\makeglossaries |
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\newacronym{gui}{GUI}{Graphical User Interface} |
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\newacronym{sdk}{SDK}{Software Development Kit} |
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\glsaddall |
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\printglossaries |
The first command list all the entries in the glossary, while the second prints the glossary out. In your text you may now use it such as following :
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This is the \gls{gui} of my application. This \gls{gui} will display all the information[...]. |
and this should appear :
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This is the Graphical User Interface (GUI). This GUI will display all the information[...]. |
Compile your LaTeX document a first time and then open a shell an type the following command:
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makeindex Master_Thesis.glo -s Master_Thesis.ist -t Master_Thesis.glg -o Master_Thesis.gls |
Compile your document with LaTeX a second time, and your glossary should appear right there.
and that’s it !
Below is a basic example of a LaTeX file with glossary :
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\documentclass[12pt,a4paper]{report} \usepackage[nonumberlist]{glossaries} \usepackage{acronym} \begin{document} \title{} \date{} \maketitle %Glossary \makeglossaries \newacronym{pdf}{PDF}{Portable Document Format } %Abstract \begin{abstract} \end{abstract} %Acknowledgments \chapter*{Acknowledgements} \tableofcontents \listoffigures \listoftables \glsaddall \printglossaries \end{document} |
Have Fun with LaTeX.
{ 2 } Comments
thanks… your tutorial is working good for me
whats happen with the document… I tried at first and working, and then I am continue trying with some modifications and its not working, at last I try to write it back as same as your tutorial and the glossary is not printed… hopefully you can help
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