[Tex/LaTex] printglossaries doesnt output, Warning: File test.glo is empty

glossaries

Im using TexStudio and MiKTex 2.9 and the test file below (test.tex), I compile the document, call makeglosseries.exe and then recompile the document however \printglossaries does not oblige.

the following warning is returned

Warning: File 'test.glo' is empty.

Thanks!

\documentclass[authoryearcitations]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\author{foo}
\title{foo}
\date{}

\makeglossaries

\newglossaryentry{latex}
{
    name=latex,
    description={Is a mark up language specially suited 
    for scientific documents}
}

\begin{document}
\pagenumbering{roman}
\maketitle
\printglossaries

\chapter{Introduction}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\label{cha:Introduction}

foo

\end{document}

Best Answer

Glossaries generated by the glossaries package behave like bibliographies.

If you don't "cite" anything, the glossary is not printed.

The corresponding \cite command is \gls and the equivalent of \nocite{*} to add all entries is \glsaddall.

So, for example, the following MWE, where I've added \gls{latex} prints your glossary as expected.

\documentclass[]{scrreprt}
\usepackage{glossaries}
\author{foo}
\title{foo}
\date{}

\makeglossaries

\newglossaryentry{latex}
{
    name=latex,
    description={Is a mark up language specially suited
    for scientific documents}
}

\begin{document}

\pagenumbering{roman}
\maketitle
\printglossaries

\chapter{Introduction}
\pagenumbering{arabic}
\label{cha:Introduction}

foo \gls{latex}

\end{document}

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Take a look at section 6 of the glossaries documentation for all available \gls-like commands.

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