glossaries package FAQ
\newacronym
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As from version 4.02 you can define your own custom acronym style (see How do I define my own custom acronym style?). For example, suppose you want the long form in italic followed by the short form in parentheses on first use, then you can define a new style called, say, em-long-short
that’s based on the long-short
style:
\newacronymstyle{em-long-short} {% \GlsUseAcrEntryDispStyle{long-short}% }% {% \GlsUseAcrStyleDefs{long-short}% \renewcommand*{\genacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\glsentrylong{##1}}##2\space (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}})% }% \renewcommand*{\Genacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\Glsentrylong{##1}}##2\space (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}})% }% \renewcommand*{\genplacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\glsentrylongpl{##1}}##2\space (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshortpl{##1}})% }% \renewcommand*{\Genplacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\Glsentrylongpl{##1}}##2\space (\firstacronymfont{\Glsentryshortpl{##1}})% }% }Now you can set the style:
\setacronymstyle{em-long-short}You may prefer to move the insert part (
##2
) into the \emph
argument:
\newacronymstyle{em-long-short} {% \GlsUseAcrEntryDispStyle{long-short}% }% {% \GlsUseAcrStyleDefs{long-short}% \renewcommand*{\genacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\glsentrylong{##1}##2}\space (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}})% }% \renewcommand*{\Genacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\Glsentrylong{##1}##2}\space (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}})% }% \renewcommand*{\genplacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\glsentrylongpl{##1}##2}\space (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshortpl{##1}})% }% \renewcommand*{\Genplacrfullformat}[2]{% \emph{\Glsentrylongpl{##1}##2}\space (\firstacronymfont{\Glsentryshortpl{##1}})% }% }
Note that if you are using glossaries-extra, it uses a completely different abbreviation mechanism so the above won’t work.
Pre version 4.02:
You can use the custom acronym format, as described in How do I define my own custom acronym style?. For example, suppose you want the long form to be emphasized using \emph
, you can do the following:
\renewcommand*{\CustomAcronymFields}{% name={\the\glsshorttok},% name is abbreviated form description={\the\glslongtok},% description is long form first={\noexpand\emph{\the\glslongtok}\space(\the\glsshorttok)},% firstplural={\noexpand\emph{\the\glslongtok\noexpand\acrpluralsuffix}\space(\the\glsshorttok)},% text={\the\glsshorttok},% plural={\the\glsshorttok\noexpand\acrpluralsuffix}% } \SetCustomStyleThis displays long (short). You can swap, add or remove
\glslongtok
and \glsshorttok
, as required. Remember to use \SetCustomStyle
to switch to this acronym style. (If you get an error saying that \CustomAcronymFields
can’t be redefined as it doesn’t exist or an “Undefined control sequence” error for \SetCustomStyle
, then you need to update your version of glossaries.)
Note, however, that this solution doesn’t work for plurals that aren’t formed by simply prefixing the singular term with \acrpluralsuffix
. If this causes a problem, upgrade to the latest version and use \newacronymstyle
as described above.
2020-07-01 14:16:00
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Referencing Terms