[Tex/LaTex] Problem with nomenclature

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I am trying to get a list of abbreviations into my paper using the 

\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature

package. However, I won't create a list in my document when I type 

\printnomenclature

Can anyone please help? I am very new to Tex, so please help me out.
The documentation says I have to run makeindex <filename>.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o <filename>.nls
I have no idea what this means, nor do I know where to type this or what filename to enter.

My file looks like this, and I am typing in TexMaker:

\documentclass[12pt]{article} 
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature

\begin{document}

\printnomenclature

\nomenclature{AIMR}{Association for Investment Management and Research}

blablabla AIMR

\end{document}

Best Answer

This is going to be long...

From command prompt:

Let us say that your tex file (file.tex) is in D:\my folder. Open file.tex in texmaker and choose pdflatex in the build list, compile. Now open command prompt (Start→ run → cmd). In the command prompt that opens type

makeindex.exe D:\my folder\file.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o D:\my folder\file.nls

Now go back to texmaker and again compile with pdflatex using build button.

Using arara:

Download and install arara. Make sure that arara.exe is in system path. (while installing, the installer asks this option. Choose yes).

Now open texmaker. Using the menu go to User → User Commands → Edit User Commands as in the picture.

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Now the following window will open. Type Arara in Menu Item and arara % under Command as shown. Now on the left hand side Command 1: Arara should appear as below

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Press OK. Now in the build list an entry with arara should appear as shown. Choose it.

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Now add following lines to your file.tex:

%% this is file.tex. Following three lines need to be added.
% arara: pdflatex
% arara: nomencl
% arara: pdflatex

\documentclass{amsart}
\usepackage{nomencl}

\usepackage{etoolbox}
\makeatletter
% copy the formatting of section titles
\let\nomencl@section\section
% if the level is greater than 1000, then amsart
% doesn't include the section's title in the toc
\patchcmd{\nomencl@section}{{1}}{{1001}}{}{}
% patch \thenomenclature to call \nomencl@section
% instead of \section*
\patchcmd{\thenomenclature}
  {\section*}
  {\nomencl@section}
  {}{}
\makeatother

\renewcommand{\nomname}{List of Notations}
\makenomenclature

\setcounter{tocdepth}{1}

\nomenclature[000]{$Hi$}{World}

\begin{document}
\tableofcontents

\printnomenclature[1in]

\section{world}
\end{document}

Now press Build button which reads 1: Arara as below:

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Hope it is all done well. :-)

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