Capitalize the first letter for EACH word with glossaries-extra package

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How to capitalize the first letter for EACH word in a glossary using the glossaries-extra package?

I came across this thread but it uses the glossaries package.

I also tried \glsentrytitlecase{<label>}{long} but it didn't

make the glossary hyperlinked
include the glossary in the parentheses at the end, e.g., (ESs) in the MWE below

Basically, what I want is similar to \Gls but make capitalize the first letter for EACH word instead of the first word only.

MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}

\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries-extra}
\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{long}
\newacronym
[
  description={Evolutionary Strategies},
  longplural={evolutionary strategies}
]
{es}{ES}{evolutionary strategy}
\makeglossaries


\begin{document}
\printglossary[type=acronym,title={List of Acronyms}]

\glsentrytitlecase{es}{long}.

\glspl{es}.

\Glspl{es}.

\glsentrytitlecase{es}{longpl}.

\end{document}

Update:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}

\usepackage[acronym,automake]{glossaries-extra}

\makeatletter
\newrobustcmd*{\myGls}{\@gls@hyp@opt\@myGls}
\newcommand*{\@myGls}[2][]{%
  \new@ifnextchar[{\@myGls@{#1}{#2}}{\@myGls@{#1}{#2}[]}%
}
\def\@myGls@#1#2[#3]{%
  \glsdoifexists{#2}%
  {%
    \let\do@gls@link@checkfirsthyper\@gls@link@checkfirsthyper
    \let\glsifplural\@secondoftwo
    \let\glscapscase\@secondofthree
    \def\glscustomtext{%
    {%
    \ecapitalisewords{\glsentrylong{#2}}#3\space%
    \firstacronymfont(\glsentryshort{#2})}%
    }
    \def\glsinsert{#3}%
    \def\@glo@text{\csname gls@\glstype @entryfmt\endcsname}%
    \@gls@link[#1]{#2}{\@glo@text}%
    \ifKV@glslink@local
      \glslocalunset{#2}%
    \else
      \glsunset{#2}%
    \fi
  }%
  \glspostlinkhook
}

\newrobustcmd*{\myGlspl}{\@gls@hyp@opt\@myGlspl}
\newcommand*{\@myGlspl}[2][]{%
  \new@ifnextchar[{\@myGlspl@{#1}{#2}}{\@myGlspl@{#1}{#2}[]}%
}
\def\@myGlspl@#1#2[#3]{%
  \glsdoifexists{#2}%
  {%
    \let\do@gls@link@checkfirsthyper\@gls@link@checkfirsthyper
    \let\glsifplural\@firstoftwo
    \let\glscapscase\@secondofthree
    \def\glscustomtext{%
    {%
    \ecapitalisewords{\glsentrylongpl{#2}}#3\space%
    \firstacronymfont(\glsentryshortpl{#2})}%
    }
    \def\glsinsert{#3}%
    \def\@glo@text{\csname gls@\glstype @entryfmt\endcsname}%
    \@gls@link[#1]{#2}{\@glo@text}%
    \ifKV@glslink@local
      \glslocalunset{#2}%
    \else
      \glsunset{#2}%
    \fi
  }%
  \glspostlinkhook
}
\makeatother

\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{long}

\newacronym
[
    description=Evolutionary Strategy,
    longplural=evolutionary strategies
]
{es}{ES}{evolutionary strategy}
\makeglossaries


\begin{document}
\printglossary[type=acronym,title={List of Acronyms}]

textbf{Singular:}

blablbla \gls{es}.

blablbla \glsxtrfull{es}.

blablbla \Gls{es}.

blablbla \Glsxtrfull{es}.

blablbla \myGls{es}.

blablbla \glsentrytitlecase{es}{long}.


\vspace*{1cm}


\textbf{Plural:}

blablbla \glspl{es}.

blablbla \glsxtrfullpl{es}.

blablbla \Glspl{es}.

blablbla \Glsxtrfullpl{es}.

blablbla \myGlspl{es}.

blablbla \glsentrytitlecase{es}{longpl}.

\end{document}

Best Answer

This is the solution. Notice the comments in the code. If you wanna the second use to display the short form, uncomment those comments. Otherwise it will always display the full form. Add \myGlspl to deal with plural form.

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}
\usepackage[hidelinks]{hyperref}
\usepackage[acronym,automake]{glossaries-extra}

\makeatletter
\newrobustcmd*{\myGls}{\@gls@hyp@opt\@myGls}
\newcommand*{\@myGls}[2][]{%
  \new@ifnextchar[{\@myGls@{#1}{#2}}{\@myGls@{#1}{#2}[]}%
}
\def\@myGls@#1#2[#3]{%
  \glsdoifexists{#2}%
  {%
    \let\do@gls@link@checkfirsthyper\@gls@link@checkfirsthyper
    \let\glsifplural\@secondoftwo
    \let\glscapscase\@secondofthree
    \def\glscustomtext{%
    \ifglsused{#2}
    {\acronymfont\glsentryshort{#2}#3}
    {%
    \ecapitalisewords{\glsentrylong{#2}}#3\space%
    \firstacronymfont(\glsentryshort{#2})}%
    }%
    \def\glsinsert{#3}%
    \def\@glo@text{\csname gls@\glstype @entryfmt\endcsname}%
    \@gls@link[#1]{#2}{\@glo@text}%
    \ifKV@glslink@local
      \glslocalunset{#2}%
    \else
      \glsunset{#2}%
    \fi
  }%
  \glspostlinkhook
}

\newrobustcmd*{\myGlspl}{\@gls@hyp@opt\@myGlspl}
\newcommand*{\@myGlspl}[2][]{%
  \new@ifnextchar[{\@myGlspl@{#1}{#2}}{\@myGlspl@{#1}{#2}[]}%
}
\def\@myGlspl@#1#2[#3]{%
  \glsdoifexists{#2}%
  {%
    \let\do@gls@link@checkfirsthyper\@gls@link@checkfirsthyper
    \let\glsifplural\@firstoftwo
    \let\glscapscase\@secondofthree
    \def\glscustomtext{%
    \ifglsused{#2}%
    {\acronymfont\glsentryshortpl{#2}#3}
    {%
    \ecapitalisewords{\glsentrylongpl{#2}}#3\space%
    \firstacronymfont(\glsentryshortpl{#2})}%
    }%
    \def\glsinsert{#3}%
    \def\@glo@text{\csname gls@\glstype @entryfmt\endcsname}%
    \@gls@link[#1]{#2}{\@glo@text}%
    \ifKV@glslink@local
      \glslocalunset{#2}%
    \else
      \glsunset{#2}%
    \fi
  }%
  \glspostlinkhook
}
\makeatother

\setabbreviationstyle[acronym]{long-short}

\newacronym{tla}{TLA}{three lettered acronym}
\makeglossaries

\begin{document}

\printglossary[type=acronym,title={List of Acronyms}]

\myGls{tla}

\myGlspl{tla}

\Gls{tla}
\end{document}

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[Tex/LaTex] Glossaries Capitalize Every First Letter

\Gls-like commands use \makefirstuc to capitalize only the first letter of a sentence.

I've redefined the meaning of \makefirstuc to be the same of \capitalisewords which instead capitalizes all words in a sentence.

So, add this in the preamble

\makeatletter
\let\oldmakefirstuc\makefirstuc
\renewcommand*{\makefirstuc}[1]{%
  \def\gls@add@space{}%
  \mfu@capitalisewords#1 \@nil\mfu@endcap
}
\def\mfu@capitalisewords#1 #2\mfu@endcap{%
  \def\mfu@cap@first{#1}%
  \def\mfu@cap@second{#2}%
  \gls@add@space
  \oldmakefirstuc{#1}%
  \def\gls@add@space{ }%
  \ifx\mfu@cap@second\@nnil
    \let\next@mfu@cap\mfu@noop
  \else
    \let\next@mfu@cap\mfu@capitalisewords
  \fi
  \next@mfu@cap#2\mfu@endcap
}
\makeatother

and everything should be as you want.

Complete MWE:

\documentclass[a4paper,12pt]{article}

\usepackage{glossaries}

\makeatletter
\let\oldmakefirstuc\makefirstuc
\renewcommand*{\makefirstuc}[1]{%
  \def\gls@add@space{}%
  \mfu@capitalisewords#1 \@nil\mfu@endcap
}
\def\mfu@capitalisewords#1 #2\mfu@endcap{%
  \def\mfu@cap@first{#1}%
  \def\mfu@cap@second{#2}%
  \gls@add@space
  \oldmakefirstuc{#1}%
  \def\gls@add@space{ }%
  \ifx\mfu@cap@second\@nnil
    \let\next@mfu@cap\mfu@noop
  \else
    \let\next@mfu@cap\mfu@capitalisewords
  \fi
  \next@mfu@cap#2\mfu@endcap
}
\makeatother

\newacronym{tla}{TLA}{three lettered acronym}
\makeglossaries

\begin{document}

\glsfirst{tla}

\Glsfirst{tla}

\end{document}

Output:

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The glossaries bundle also provides the mfirstuc package, which provides the command \capitalisewords, which converts the first letter of each word to uppercase. This can be adapted so that instead of converting the letter to uppercase, it turns it bold instead. A new command can be created to do this:

\newrobustcmd{\bffirst}[1]{{\let\mfirstucMakeUppercase\textbf\capitalisewords{#1}}}

The extra pair of braces ensures that the change to \mfirstucMakeUppercase only has a local effect. (This is internally used by commands such as \Gls, so it's important to restore it.)

A new acronym style can then be defined that puts the description inside the argument of this new custom \bffirst command:

\newacronymstyle{bf-long-short}%
{%
  \GlsUseAcrEntryDispStyle{long-short}%
}%
{%
  \GlsUseAcrStyleDefs{long-short}%
  \renewcommand*{\GenericAcronymFields}{description={\bffirst{\the\glslongtok}}}%
}

This new style should be set before defining the acronyms:

\setacronymstyle{bf-long-short}

(If you get an "undefined control sequence" error for \newacronymstyle, then your version of glossaries is too old and needs to be updated.) Note that the glossaries user manual advises against defining entries inside the document environment so I've moved \newacronym into the preamble in the modified example below:

\documentclass{article}

% Load the package with the acronym option
\usepackage[acronym,nomain]{glossaries}
% Generate the glossary
\makeglossaries

\newrobustcmd{\bffirst}[1]{{\let\mfirstucMakeUppercase\textbf\capitalisewords{#1}}}

\newacronymstyle{bf-long-short}%
{%
  \GlsUseAcrEntryDispStyle{long-short}%
}%
{%
  \GlsUseAcrStyleDefs{long-short}%
  \renewcommand*{\GenericAcronymFields}{description={\bffirst{\the\glslongtok}}}%
}

\setacronymstyle{bf-long-short}

% Acronym definitions
\newacronym{utc}{UTC}{Coordinated Universal Time}
\newacronym{adt}{ADT}{Atlantic Daylight Time}
\newacronym{est}{EST}{Eastern Standard Time}


\begin{document}
\section*{Section with acronyms}

% Use the acronyms
\gls{utc} is 3 hours behind \gls{adt} and 10 hours ahead of
\gls{est}.
\gls{utc} \gls{utc} 

%Print the glossary
\printglossaries
\small\hfill Created by http://texblog.org
\end{document}

This makes the first letter bold for each word of the description when displayed in the list of acronyms but doesn't change the normal behaviour in the main text.

Edit:

If you additionally load the mfirstuc-english package then \capitalisewords will ignore words like "a", "an", "of", "in". (If you open mfirstuc-english.sty in a text editor, you'll see which words have been defined using \MFUnocap.¹) Additional words can be added, for example,

\MFUnocap{as}

In the case where you have a letter taken from the middle of the word (rather than the initial letter) you will have to manually override the description for that case:

\newacronym[description={E\textbf{x}tensible \textbf{M}arkup \textbf{L}anguage}]{XML}{XML}{Extensible Markup Language}

Further information about \capitalisewords, \MFUnocap and related commands is available in the mfirstuc user manual which should be located in the same directory as the glossaries user manual.

¹ Disputed or context-dependent words (such as "up") aren't included by mfirstuc-english and need to be explicitly added using \MFUnocap if required.

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