[Tex/LaTex] Different style for acronyms

acronymsglossaries

In 1 I had the answer on how to put the translation of an acronym and used both English and Spanish version.

The issue now is that I have acronyms that are only Spanish, others only English without translation and English with translation. The format for the document mandates that English is written emphasized while Spanish is in normal.

Is there any way of automating it? I was thinking on having 2 list, English acronyms and only Spanish, then load them, assigning a different style and then merging them so in the list of acronyms they appear in order.

The other solution I have found is on my acronym's list create two styles:

\newcommand{\engstyle}[1]{\emph{#1}}
\newcommand{\espstyle}[1]{#1}
\newacronym{ENG}{ENG}{\engstyle{English acronym}} %
\newacronym{ESP}{ESP}{\espstyle{Spanish acronym}} %

But then in the list of acronyms they appear with the assigned style. And I want them without any style.

Any suggestion?

Edit: What I want as exit.

Within the test English acronym (ENG) is displayed and the Spanish one this way, Spanish acronym (ESP).

List of Acronyms

ENG English acronym

ESP Spanish acronym

Edit 2: I didn't realize that Nicola updated the package.
Now the question is:
Is it possible to set multiple setacronymstyle within the same doc?

Best Answer

It's not possible to use multiple acronym styles (one will usually override another). However, here's a possible solution that uses the user1 key to store the font style to use when you define an acronym:

% arara: pdflatex
% arara: makeglossaries
% arara: pdflatex
% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\newcommand*{\engstyle}[1]{\emph{#1}}
\newcommand*{\espstyle}[1]{#1}

\newcommand*{\newengacronym}[4][]{%
  \newacronym[user1=\protect\engstyle,#1]{#2}{#3}{#4}%
}

\newcommand*{\newespacronym}[4][]{%
  \newacronym[user1=\protect\espstyle,#1]{#2}{#3}{#4}%
}

\newacronymstyle{lang}
{%
  \GlsUseAcrEntryDispStyle{long-short}%
}%
{%
  \GlsUseAcrStyleDefs{long-short}%
  \renewcommand*{\genacrfullformat}[2]{%
   \glsentryuseri{##1}{\glsentrylong{##1}}##2\space
   (\glsentryshort{##1})%
  }%
  \renewcommand*{\Genacrfullformat}[2]{%
   \glsentryuseri{##1}{\Glsentrylong{##1}}##2\space
   (\glsentryshort{##1})%
  }%
  \renewcommand*{\genplacrfullformat}[2]{%
   \glsentryuseri{##1}{\glsentrylongpl{##1}}##2\space
   (\glsentryshortpl{##1})%
  }%
  \renewcommand*{\Genplacrfullformat}[2]{%
   \glsentryuseri{##1}{\Glsentrylongpl{##1}}##2\space
   (\glsentryshortpl{##1})%
  }%
}

\setacronymstyle{lang}

\newengacronym{ENG}{ENG}{English Acronym}
\newespacronym{ESP}{ESP}{Spanish Acronym}

\begin{document}

First use : \gls{ENG}, \gls{ESP}.

Next user: \gls{ENG}, \gls{ESP}.

\printglossaries

\end{document}

This produces:

Image of resulting document

Edit:

If you want to redefine \glsentrylong, you'll also need to redefine \Glsentrylong otherwise you'll cause a problem for \makefirstuc:

% arara: pdflatex
% arara: makeglossaries
% arara: pdflatex
% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\newcommand*{\engstyle}[1]{\emph{#1}}
\newcommand*{\espstyle}[1]{#1}

\newcommand*{\newengacronym}[4][]{%
  \newacronym[user1=\protect\engstyle,#1]{#2}{#3}{#4}%
}

\newcommand*{\newespacronym}[4][]{%
  \newacronym[user1=\protect\espstyle,#1]{#2}{#3}{#4}%
}

\makeatletter
\newacronymstyle{lang}
{%
  \GlsUseAcrEntryDispStyle{long-short}%
}%
{%
  \GlsUseAcrStyleDefs{long-short}%
  \renewcommand*{\glsentrylong}[1]{%
    \glsentryuseri{##1}{\@gls@entry@field{##1}{long}}}%
  \renewcommand*{\glsentrylongpl}[1]{%
    \glsentryuseri{##1}{\@gls@entry@field{##1}{longpl}}}%
  \renewcommand*{\Glsentrylong}[1]{%
    \glsentryuseri{##1}{\@Gls@entry@field{##1}{long}}}%
  \renewcommand*{\Glsentrylongpl}[1]{%
    \glsentryuseri{##1}{\@Gls@entry@field{##1}{longpl}}}%
}
\makeatother

\setacronymstyle{lang}

\newengacronym{ENG}{ENG}{English Acronym}
\newespacronym{ESP}{ESP}{Spanish Acronym}

\begin{document}

First use : \gls{ENG}, \gls{ESP}.

Next user: \gls{ENG}, \gls{ESP}.

Long form: \acrlong{ENG}, \acrlong{ESP}.

Long form (first UC): \Acrlong{ENG}, \Acrlong{ESP}.

Plural long form: \acrlongpl{ENG}, \acrlongpl{ESP}.

Plural long form (first UC): \Acrlongpl{ENG}, \Acrlongpl{ESP}.

\printglossaries

\end{document}

However if you do the above, you'll no longer be able to use \glsentrylong in PDF bookmarks.

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[Tex/LaTex] Redefine the style of acronyms (glossaries)

You're asking quite a few things...

To always show the short form of acronyms, you have to use the command \glsunsetall after defining all of them with \newacronym commands.

If you want this behavior only for a specific acronym you can put the optional argument first=\glstext{<acronym>} in \newacronym as in
```
\newacronym[first=\glstext{AAA}]{AAA}{aaa}{Abcde Abcde Abcde}
```
To have the acronyms printed in the way you've described, you have to write the line
```
\renewcommand*{\glstextformat}[1]{\textsf{\textsc{#1}}}
```
Note that you can not use \MakeLowercase here, since the command refers to the acronym label. To achieve what you want, you have to write the second argument of \newacronym in lowercase, as in
```
\newacronym{AAA}{aaa}{Abcde Abcde Abcde}
```
If you want the same font shapes in the List of Acronyms, you have to write the line
```
\renewcommand{\glsnamefont}[1]{\textsf{\textsc{\mdseries #1}}}
```

Ultimately, the following MWE

% arara: pdflatex: {synctex: yes}
% arara: makeglossaries
% arara: pdflatex: {synctex: yes}
% arara: pdflatex: {synctex: yes}

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage[acronym]{glossaries}
\usepackage{etoolbox}

\DeclareRobustCommand*{\acronimo}[1]{%
  \mbox{\sffamily\scshape\MakeLowercase{#1}}}

\renewcommand*{\glstextformat}[1]{\textsf{\textsc{#1}}}
\renewcommand{\glsnamefont}[1]{\textsf{\textsc{\mdseries #1}}}

\makeglossaries
\newacronym{AAA}{aaa}{Abcde Abcde Abcde}
\glsunsetall

\begin{document}

\noindent First use: \gls{AAA}, and second use: \gls{AAA}.

\printglossaries

\end{document}

gives the following output:

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[Tex/LaTex] Glossaries acronyms two languages

I recommend you upgrade to the latest version of glossaries (v4.01 at time of writing) as it's more flexible. Here's an example that uses v4.01:

\documentclass[spanish,english]{article}

\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage[acronym,toc,shortcuts]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

% Add new key for long Spanish form:
\glsaddkey
{longsp}% key
{}% default value
{\glsentrylongsp}% new command analogous to \glsentrylong
{\Glsentrylongsp}% new command analogous to \Glsentrylong
{\acrlongsp}% new command analogous to \acrlong
{\Acrlongsp}% new command analogous to \Acrlong
{\ACRlongsp}% new command analogous to \ACRlong

% Add new key for plural long Spanish form:
\glsaddkey
{longplsp}% key
{}% default value
{\glsentrylongplsp}% new command analogous to \glsentrylongpl
{\Glsentrylongplsp}% new command analogous to \Glsentrylongpl
{\acrlongplsp}% new command analogous to \acrlongpl
{\Acrlongplsp}% new command analogous to \Acrlongpl
{\ACRlongplsp}% new command analogous to \ACRlongpl

% Provide conditional to test if longsp/longplsp has been set
\newcommand*{\glsifhaslongsp}[3]{%
  \ifcsempty{glo@#1@longsp}{#3}{#2}%
}
\newcommand*{\glsifhaslongplsp}[3]{%
  \ifcsempty{glo@#1@longplsp}{#3}{#2}%
}

% Set up custom acronym style:
\renewcommand*{\CustomAcronymFields}{%
  name={\the\glsshorttok},
  description={\the\glslongtok},%
}

% Set the display style for acronyms (used by commands like \gls, \glspl, \ac, \acp or \glsdisp)
\renewcommand*\SetCustomDisplayStyle[1]{%
  \defglsentryfmt[#1]{%
    \ifdefempty\glscustomtext
    {% \glsdisp not used
      \ifglsused\glslabel
      {% subsequent use
         \glsifplural
         {% plural
           \glscapscase
           {% subsequent, plural, no case change
             \glsentryshortpl{\glslabel}\glsinsert%
           }%
           {% subsequent, plural, first letter upper case
             \Glsentryshortpl{\glslabel}\glsinsert%
           }%
           {% subsequent, plural, all caps
             \MakeTextUppercase{\glsentryshortpl{\glslabel}\glsinsert}%
           }%
         }%
         {% singular
           \glscapscase
           {% subsequent, singular, no case change
             \glsentryshort{\glslabel}\glsinsert%
           }%
           {% subsequent, singular, first letter upper case
             \Glsentryshort{\glslabel}\glsinsert%
           }%
           {% subsequent, singular, all caps
             \MakeTextUppercase{\glsentryshort{\glslabel}\glsinsert}%
           }%
         }%
      }%
      {% first use
         \glsifplural
         {% plural
           \glsifhaslongplsp\glslabel
           {% first use, plural, has Spanish long form
             \glscapscase
             {% first use, plural, Spanish, no case change
               \glsentrylongplsp{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshortpl{\glslabel},\space
                \glsentrylongpl{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, plural, Spanish, first letter upper case
               \Glsentrylongplsp{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshortpl{\glslabel},\space
                \glsentrylongpl{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, plural, Spanish, all caps
               \MakeTextUppercase{\glsentrylongplsp{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshortpl{\glslabel},\space
                \glsentrylongpl{\glslabel})}%
             }%
           }%
           {% first use, plural, doesn't have Spanish long form
             \glscapscase
             {% first use, plural, no Spanish, no case change
               \glsentrylongpl{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshortpl{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, plural, no Spanish, first letter upper case
               \Glsentrylongpl{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshortpl{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, plural, no Spanish, all caps
               \MakeTextUppercase{\glsentrylongpl{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshortpl{\glslabel})}%
             }%
           }%
         }%
         {% singular
           \glsifhaslongsp\glslabel
           {% first use, singular, has Spanish long form
             \glscapscase
             {% first use, singular, Spanish, no case change
               \glsentrylongsp{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshort{\glslabel},\space
                \glsentrylong{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, singular, Spanish, first letter upper case
               \Glsentrylongsp{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshort{\glslabel},\space
                \glsentrylong{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, singular, Spanish, all caps
               \MakeTextUppercase{\glsentrylongsp{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshort{\glslabel},\space
                \glsentrylong{\glslabel})}%
             }%
           }%
           {% first use, singular, doesn't have Spanish long form
             \glscapscase
             {% first use, singular, no Spanish, no case change
               \glsentrylong{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshort{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, singular, no Spanish, first letter upper case
               \Glsentrylong{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshort{\glslabel})%
             }%
             {% first use, singular, no Spanish, all caps
               \MakeTextUppercase{\glsentrylong{\glslabel}\glsinsert\space
               (\glsentryshort{\glslabel})}%
             }%
           }%
         }%
      }%
    }%
    {% \glsdisp used
      \glscustomtext
    }%
  }%
}

\SetCustomStyle

% Define a new glossary style that checks for the existence of
% the longsp field.
\newglossarystyle{listsp}{%
  \setglossarystyle{list}% base style on the list style
  \renewcommand*{\glossentry}[2]{%
  \item[\glsentryitem{##1}%
        \glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}}]
    \glossentrydesc{##1}%
    \glsifhaslongsp{##1}{\space(\glsentrylongsp{##1})}{}%
    \glspostdescription\space ##2}%
}

\newacronym
 [longsp=interfaz de programaci\'{o}n de la aplicaci\'{o}n,
  longplsp=interfaces de programaci\'{o}n de la aplicaci\'{o}n
 ]{api}{API}{Application Programming Interface}

\newacronym{aa}{AA}{Another Acronym}

\begin{document}

First use: Las \acp{api} ....  Subsequent use: \acp{api}

\glsresetall

First use: Las \ac{api} ....  Subsequent use: \ac{api}

First use: \gls{aa}. Subsequent use: \gls{aa}.

\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,style=listsp]

\end{document}

This produces:

Image of resulting document

Edit:

If you upgrade to the latest version (v4.02, 2013/12/05) it's easier to define a new acronym style and have \acf match the style. (Although it's also possible to define acronym styles where they don't match, as is the case with the predefined footnote style where \acr doesn't use a footnote.) Here's the above example rewritten using v4.02 code:

\documentclass[spanish,english]{article}

\usepackage{babel}
\usepackage{etoolbox}
\usepackage[acronym,toc,shortcuts]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

% Add new key for long Spanish form:
\glsaddkey
{longsp}% key
{}% default value
{\glsentrylongsp}% new command analogous to \glsentrylong
{\Glsentrylongsp}% new command analogous to \Glsentrylong
{\acrlongsp}% new command analogous to \acrlong
{\Acrlongsp}% new command analogous to \Acrlong
{\ACRlongsp}% new command analogous to \ACRlong

% Add new key for plural long Spanish form:
\glsaddkey
{longplsp}% key
{}% default value
{\glsentrylongplsp}% new command analogous to \glsentrylongpl
{\Glsentrylongplsp}% new command analogous to \Glsentrylongpl
{\acrlongplsp}% new command analogous to \acrlongpl
{\Acrlongplsp}% new command analogous to \Acrlongpl
{\ACRlongplsp}% new command analogous to \ACRlongpl

% Provide conditional to test if longsp/longplsp has been set
\newcommand*{\glsifhaslongsp}[3]{%
  \ifcsempty{glo@#1@longsp}{#3}{#2}%
}
\newcommand*{\glsifhaslongplsp}[3]{%
  \ifcsempty{glo@#1@longplsp}{#3}{#2}%
}

% Define new acronym style:

\newacronymstyle{spanish}
{% base the display style on 'long-short'
  \GlsUseAcrEntryDispStyle{long-short}%
}%
{% base the definitions on 'long-short'
  \GlsUseAcrStyleDefs{long-short}%  
% Make some custom modifications for the first use display.
% Singular, no case change:
  \renewcommand*{\genacrfullformat}[2]{%
   \glsifhaslongsp{##1}%
   {% has Spanish version:
      \glsentrylongsp{##1}##2\space
      (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}}, \glsentrylong{##1})%
   }%
   {%
     \glsentrylong{##1}##2\space
     (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}})%
   }%
  }%
% Singular, first letter upper case:
  \renewcommand*{\Genacrfullformat}[2]{%
   \glsifhaslongsp{##1}%
   {% has Spanish version:
      \Glsentrylongsp{##1}##2\space
      (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}}, \glsentrylong{##1})%
   }%
   {%
     \Glsentrylong{##1}##2\space
     (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshort{##1}})%
   }%
  }%
% Plural, no case change:
  \renewcommand*{\genplacrfullformat}[2]{%
   \glsifhaslongplsp{##1}%
   {% has Spanish version:
      \glsentrylongplsp{##1}##2\space
      (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshortpl{##1}}, \glsentrylongpl{##1})%
   }%
   {%
     \glsentrylongpl{##1}##2\space
     (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshortpl{##1}})%
   }%
  }%
% Plural, first letter upper case:
  \renewcommand*{\Genplacrfullformat}[2]{%
    \glsifhaslongplsp{##1}%
    {% has Spanish version:
      \Glsentrylongplsp{##1}##2\space
      (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshortpl{##1}}, \glsentrylongpl{##1})%
    }%
    {%
      \Glsentrylongpl{##1}##2\space
      (\firstacronymfont{\glsentryshortpl{##1}})%
    }%
  }%
}

% switch to the new style:
\setacronymstyle{spanish}

% Define a new glossary style that checks for the existence of
% the longsp field.
\newglossarystyle{listsp}{%
  \setglossarystyle{list}% base style on the list style
  \renewcommand*{\glossentry}[2]{%
  \item[\glsentryitem{##1}%
        \glstarget{##1}{\glossentryname{##1}}]
    \glossentrydesc{##1}%
    \glsifhaslongsp{##1}{\space(\glsentrylongsp{##1})}{}%
    \glspostdescription\space ##2}%
}

\newacronym
 [longsp=interfaz de programaci\'{o}n de la aplicaci\'{o}n,
  longplsp=interfaces de programaci\'{o}n de la aplicaci\'{o}n
 ]{api}{API}{Application Programming Interface}

\newacronym{aa}{AA}{Another Acronym}

\begin{document}

First use: Las \acp{api} ....  Subsequent use: \acp{api}

\glsresetall

First use: Las \ac{api} ....  Subsequent use: \ac{api}

First use: \gls{aa}. Subsequent use: \gls{aa}.

Full form: \acf{api}, \acf{aa}.

\printglossary[type=\acronymtype,style=listsp]

\end{document}

This produces:

Image of resulting document

Edit 2:

In answer to @cacamailg's comment regarding only using the non-English version, the simplest method is just to define a set of commands that check the first use flag like this:

\newcommand*{\acfor}[2][]{%
 \ifglsused{#2}%
 {\acrshort[#1]{#2}}%
 {\acrlongsp[#1]{#2} (\acrshort[#1]{#2})\glsunset{#2}}%
}

\newcommand*{\Acfor}[2][]{%
 \ifglsused{#2}%
 {\Acrshort[#1]{#2}}%
 {\Acrlongsp[#1]{#2} (\acrshort[#1]{#2})\glsunset{#2}}%
}

\newcommand*{\acplfor}[2][]{%
 \ifglsused{#2}%
 {\acrplshort[#1]{#2}}%
 {\acrlongplsp[#1]{#2} (\acrshortpl[#1]{#2})\glsunset{#2}}%
}

\newcommand*{\Acplfor}[2][]{%
 \ifglsused{#2}%
 {\Acrshortpl[#1]{#2}}%
 {\Acrlongplsp[#1]{#2} (\acrshortpl[#1]{#2})\glsunset{#2}}%
}

Then you can do something like:

\acfor{api}. Next use: \acfor{api}.

This has some limitations, for example, you can't use the final insert optional argument used by commands like \gls.

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