[Tex/LaTex] Aligning a Acronym Glossary

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I have a simple Acronym glossary using the following code:

% arara: pdflatex
% arara: makeglossaries
% arara: pdflatex
\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[acronym,toc]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries

\newacronym{uri}{URI}{Unique Resonance Identifier}
\newacronym{led}{LED}{light-emitting diode}
\newacronym{eeprom}{EEPROM}{electrically TESTICLE programmable
read-only memory}

\glsaddall[types=\acronymtype]
\begin{document}
No acronyms here.

\printglossaries

\end{document}

this produces the following output:

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I would however like everything to be properly aligned, eg have the same amount of space from the Abbreviation to the full name. any help would be much appreciated

Best Answer

I would setup a custom style in a tabular format so that you can control spacings and contents of your summary list

\documentclass{article}
%\usepackage{longtable,floatrow,booktabs}
\usepackage[acronym,toc]{glossaries}
\makeglossaries

\newacronym{uri}{URI}{Unique Resonance Identifier}
\newacronym{led}{LED}{light-emitting diode}
\newacronym{eeprom}{EEPROM}{electrically TESTICLE programmable
read-only memory}

\glsaddall[types=\acronymtype]

\newglossarystyle{custom_acronyms}
{
    \setglossarystyle{long3colheader}%
    \renewcommand*{\glossaryheader}{}%  
    \renewcommand{\glossentry}[2]{%
        \textbf{\glsentryitem{##1}\glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}}}
        & \glossentrydesc{##1}
        & ##2
        \tabularnewline}%
}

\begin{document}
No acronyms here.

%\printglossaries
\printglossary[type=acronym,style=custom_acronyms]
\end{document}
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