acronymscapitalization
When using the acronym package I would like to capitalize the first letter in the acronym description (e.g., Direct current). But when used in text I would like to have the word in lower letters.
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{acronym}
\begin{document}
\begin{acronym}
\acro{DC}{direct current}
\end{acronym}
Batteries run on \ac{DC}.
\end{document}
Output:
DC direct current
Batteries run on direct current (DC).
You have to tell acronym both spellings:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{acronym}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
\newif\if@in@acrolist
\AtBeginEnvironment{acronym}{\@in@acrolisttrue}
\newrobustcmd{\LU}[2]{\if@in@acrolist#1\else#2\fi}
\newcommand{\ACF}[1]{{\@in@acrolisttrue\acf{#1}}}
\makeatother
\begin{document}
\begin{acronym}
\acro{SRS}{\LU{S}{s}patial \LU{R}{r}eference \LU{S}{s}ystem}
\acro{DC}{\LU{D}{d}irect \LU{C}{c}urrent}
\end{acronym}
Batteries run on \ac{DC} and \ac{SRS} are different things.
\end{document}
The macro \LU just takes the alternate forms as its arguments; the \AtBeginEnvironment instruction tells this macro that the first argument is to be used, since the conditional \if@in@acrolist returns true. In normal text the conditional returns false (note that at the end of the acronym environment the setting of the conditional will be automatically reverted, because environments form groups).
I've added a macro \ACF that acts similarly to \acf (printing the full version along with the acronym) that uses the uppercase version.
It looks like I haven't documented all options… :|
You have to set the option uppercase/list:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{acro}
\acsetup{
uppercase/list
}
\DeclareAcronym{PC}{short=PC,long=personal computer}
\begin{document}
I am writing this on my \ac{PC}.
\printacronyms
\end{document}
If you want the first letter of each word capitalised, i.e., want to use mfirstuc then you have to set the option list/uppercse/cmd as well and use \ecapitalisewords:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{acro}
\usepackage{mfirstuc}
\acsetup{
uppercase/list ,
list/uppercase/cmd = \ecapitalisewords
}
\DeclareAcronym{PC}{short=PC,long=personal computer}
\begin{document}
I am writing this on my \ac{PC}.
\printacronyms
\end{document}
Best Answer
You can patch the
\AC@@acromacro that's responsible for printing the list of acronyms:Update
With the most recent (2020) release of
acronymthings have changed (and may also change in the future). The right patch, current as of December 2020 is