[Tex/LaTex] How to represent this abbreviation in the acro package

acroacronyms

I have the following abbreviation:

TIS – Traffic Information System

The plural form of this abbreviation remains as TIS although the abbreviated sentence gets the "s" in the end

Plural:

TIS – Traffic Information Systems

How can I cover this use case using the acro package for abbreviations

Best Answer

As explained in section 4.3 Plural Forms of the acro manual you can set a custom plural ending for a short form. In this case just set it empty:

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{acro}

\DeclareAcronym{tis}{
  short = TIS ,
  long = Traffic Information System ,
  short-plural = ,
}

\begin{document}

singular:
\ac{tis}

plural:
\acfp{tis}

\end{document}

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Updated Answer

Since v2.0 acro has a concept of endings. It handles the plural forms this way and allows the definition of additional endings. With acro v3 a new ending is declared as follows:

\DeclareAcroEnding{possessive}{'s}{'s}

This defines a command \acropossessive which can be used to define new acro commands. It also defines a number of acroynm properties and options to set the endings individually for certain acronyms or to change the defaults generally.

Here is a complete example that also shows how to define suitable commands for acro v3.0:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{acro}

\DeclareAcroEnding{possessive}{'s}{'s}

\NewAcroCommand\acg{m}{\acropossessive\UseAcroTemplate{first}{#1}}
\NewAcroCommand\acsg{m}{\acropossessive\UseAcroTemplate{short}{#1}}
\NewAcroCommand\aclg{m}{\acropossessive\UseAcroTemplate{long}{#1}}

\DeclareAcronym{MP}{
  short            = MP ,
  long             = Member of Parliament ,
  long-plural-form = Members of Parliament ,
  long-possessive-form = Member's of Parliament
}

\DeclareAcronym{cd}{
  short = CD ,
  long  = compact disc
}

\begin{document}

first: \acg{cd}; \acg{MP}

short: \acsg{cd}; \acsg{MP}

long: \aclg{cd}; \aclg{MP}

\end{document}

Original Answer:

Since v2.0 acro has a concept of endings. It handles the plural forms this way and allows the definition of additional endings:

\ProvideAcroEnding{possessive}{'s}{'s}

This defines a lower level command \acro_possessive: which can be used to define new acro commands and defines a number of options to set the endings individually for certain acronyms.

Here is a complete example that also shows how to define suitable commands for acro.

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{acro}

\ProvideAcroEnding {possessive} {'s} {'s}

\ExplSyntaxOn
\NewAcroCommand \acg
  {
    \acro_possessive:
    \acro_use:n {#1}
  }
\NewAcroCommand \acsg
  {
    \acro_possessive:
    \acro_short:n {#1}
  }
\NewAcroCommand \aclg
  {
    \acro_possessive:
    \acro_long:n {#1}
  }
\ExplSyntaxOff

\DeclareAcronym{MP}{
  short            = MP ,
  long             = Member of Parliament ,
  long-plural-form = Members of Parliament ,
  long-possessive-form = Member's of Parliament
}

\DeclareAcronym{cd}{
  short = CD ,
  long  = compact disc
}

\begin{document}

first: \acg{cd}; \acg{MP}

short: \acsg{cd}; \acsg{MP}

long: \aclg{cd}; \aclg{MP}

\end{document}

Note that several endings can't really be applied to an acronym. If we were to define

\NewAcroCommand \acpg
  {
    \acro_possessive:
    \acro_plural:
    \acro_use:n {#1}
  }

we'd get CDs's…

[Tex/LaTex] Different styles for different input files for acro package

Acro version 3.2

Here comes an example using acro version 3.2. I have added a couple of options just so you can see what acro is capable of:

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

\usepackage[version=3]{acro} %list of abbreviations
\acsetup{
    first-style = long,
    list/display = used,
    pages/display = first
}

\DeclareAcronym{afm}{ 
    short = {AFM}, 
    long  = {Atomic Force Microscopy},
    tag = {abbrev},
}
\DeclareAcronym{ofet}{
    short = {OFET},
    long  = {Organic field effect transistor},
    tag = {abbrev},
}

\DeclareAcronym{A}{ 
    short = {A}, 
    long  = {Area},
    tag = {nomen},
    first-style = short,
}
\DeclareAcronym{L}{
    short = {L},
    long  = {Length of channel},
    tag = {nomen},
    first-style = short,
}

\begin{document}

\section{Some of my best Abbreviations}

\ac{afm} is a good technique.
\newline
\ac{L} is used in the calculation.

\printacronyms[name=Abbreviations, include=abbrev, heading=section*]
\printacronyms[name=Nomenclature, include=nomen]

\end{document}

Acro version 2.1

After struggling with acro v3, I've learned that my not up-to-date TeX distribution only comes with acro v. 2.10. You should definitely check, which version you're running, first.

For version 2.1 you could do it like this:

\documentclass[12pt,twoside,openright]{book}

\usepackage{acro} %list of abbreviations

\DeclareAcronym{afm}{ 
    short = {AFM}, 
    long  = {Atomic Force Microscopy},
    class = {abbrev},
    first-style = long,
}
\DeclareAcronym{ofet}{
    short = {OFET},
    long  = {Organic field effect transistor},
    class = {abbrev},
    first-style = long,
}

\DeclareAcronym{A}{ 
    short = {A}, 
    long  = {Area},
    class = {nomen},
    first-style = short,
}
\DeclareAcronym{L}{
    short = {L},
    long  = {Length of channel},
    class = {nomen},
    first-style = short,
}

\begin{document}

\chapter{Some of my best Abbreviations}

\ac{afm} is a good technique.
\newline
\ac{L} is used in the calculation.

\printacronyms[include-classes=abbrev,name=Abbreviations]
\printacronyms[include-classes=nomen,name=Nomenclature]

\end{document}

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