[Tex/LaTex] How to print all the acronyms

acronymsglossaries

In my figures I used some acronyms (i.e. embedded in the figures, not readable by LaTeX). I included all the acronyms in a file. LaTeX only printed the acronyms appeared in the text, and ignored other acronyms I included. How to make LaTeX print all the acronyms? Thanks!

Update: In addition, I don't want the pages where the acronyms appear to be shown. Because LaTeX could not read the acronyms in the figures, for those figure-embedded acronyms, there would be no page displayed next to them. It would appear inconsistent: some acronyms with pages next to them and some without. Therefore, I don't want the pages where the acronyms appear to be shown.

Best Answer

There are various methods. First is to use nonumberlist (either as a package option or in \printglossary) in combination with \glsaddall (which must be used after all acronyms have been defined).

For example:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{graphics}
\usepackage[acronym,nonumberlist]{glossaries}

\makeglossaries

\newacronym{ac1}{ac1}{acronym 1}
\newacronym{ac2}{ac2}{acronym 1}

\glsaddall

\begin{document}
\gls{ac1}.

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{example-image}
\caption{A Figure}
\end{figure}

\printglossaries
\end{document}

This omits all page numbers and includes all entries.

The second method doesn't use nonumberlist or \glsaddall but instead uses \glsaddallunused. This command must go at the end of the document:

\documentclass{article}

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

\makeglossaries

\newacronym{ac1}{ac1}{acronym 1}
\newacronym{ac2}{ac2}{acronym 1}

\begin{document}
\gls{ac1}.

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{example-image}
\caption{A Figure}
\end{figure}

\printglossaries

\glsaddallunused

\end{document}

This displays the page list for ac1 which has been used in the document, but not for ac2.

For the third method, let's suppose ac2 is displayed in the image. Instead of using \glsaddallused, you can index ac2 next to the image. Like this:

\documentclass{article}

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

\makeglossaries

\newacronym{ac1}{ac1}{acronym 1}
\newacronym{ac2}{ac2}{acronym 1}

\begin{document}
\gls{ac1}.

\begin{figure}
\centering
\includegraphics{example-image}\glsadd{ac2}
\caption{A Figure}
\end{figure}

\printglossaries

\end{document}

This doesn't display any text next to the image, but it does index ac2, which means that ac2 now appears in the acronym list with the page number on which the image appears.

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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:

enter image description here

[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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