(New to LaTeX) I am recreating a Microsoft Word document in LaTeX and need a list of abbreviations in a table. I am using the nomencl package because I like the way I can put entries into the nomenclature as I use them. Is there a way to put the nomenclature (with the \printnomenclature) in a table instead of standalone, or another way I can get the desired layout.
[Tex/LaTex] Putting Nomenclature in a table
nomenclnomenclature
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Finally, after a night of coding, I found out the problem. Hereby I want to contribute with my adapted nomenbtl.ist file, using longtable and suitable for multiple pages:
%%
%% This is file `nomentbl.ist',
%% generated with the docstrip utility.
%%
%% The original source files were:
%%
%% nomentbl.dtx (with options: `idxstyle')
%%
%% Copyright (C) 2006 by Brian Elmegaard <be@mek.dtu.dk>
%%
%% This file can be redistributed and/or modified under the terms
%% of the LaTeX Project Public License distributed from CTAN
%% archives in the directory macros/latex/base/lppl.txt; either
%% version 1.2 of the license, or (at your option) any later version.
%%
%% Nomenclature style file for MAKEINDEX.
%% For nomentbl v0.4
%%
%% Written by Brian Elmegaard
%%
%% RdN March 2012: adapted this script to facilitate two page and long
%% table usage. In addition, some changes are made:
%% - headings_flag set to zero
%% - group_skip changed
%% - heading removed
actual '@'
quote '%'
delim_0 ""
delim_1 ""
delim_2 ""
item_0 ""
delim_t " \\\\\n"
line_max 1000
headings_flag 0
group_skip "[1.1\\parskip]"
preamble "\n\\begin{thenomenclature}\n
\\begin{longtable}[l]{p{\\textwidth*\\real{0.10}}p{\\textwidth*\\real{0.65}}c! {\\extracolsep{0pt}}lll}
\\toprule
\\multicolumn{1}{l}{Symbol}&\\multicolumn{1}{l}{Quantity}& \\multicolumn{1}{l}{Unit} \\\\%% <------ header here
\\midrule \\endhead \\bottomrule\\endfoot\\\\"
postamble "\n\\end{longtable}\n\\end{thenomenclature}\n"
keyword "\\nomenclatureentry"
%%
%%
%%
%% End of file `nomentbl.ist'.
Hope it helps others...
You should fix how you input the nomenclature entries.
Here's an example for getting constants before variables:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\usepackage{ifthen}
% The order will be 1. constants, 2. variables
% because C comes before V
\renewcommand{\nomgroup}[1]{%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{V}}{\item[\textbf{Variables}]}{%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{C}}{\item[\textbf{Constants}]}{}}%
}
\newcommand{\nomconst}[1][]{\nomenclature[C#1]}
\newcommand{\nomvar}[1][]{\nomenclature[V#1]}
\begin{document}
Some text
\nomconst[a]{$\alpha$}{Constant}
\nomvar[x]{$x$}{Variable}
\printnomenclature
\end{document}
With just a few changes in the preamble and none in the document, we can get the reverse order:
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
\usepackage{ifthen}
% The order will be 1. variables, 2. constants
% because A comes before B
\renewcommand{\nomgroup}[1]{%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{A}}{\item[\textbf{Variables}]}{%
\ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{B}}{\item[\textbf{Constants}]}{}}%
}
\newcommand{\nomconst}[1][]{\nomenclature[B#1]}
\newcommand{\nomvar}[1][]{\nomenclature[A#1]}
\begin{document}
Some text
\nomconst[a]{$\alpha$}{Constant}
\nomvar[x]{$x$}{Variable}
\printnomenclature
\end{document}
The optional argument to \nomconst and \nomvar are the sorting hints for MakeIndex which you're already using.
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The question is unclear, so I just put the
nomenclaturein alongtable, however, this requires some more setup (i.e. getting rid off some features.)Using
glossariesand making a new glossary would be much easier and configurable at all!!!!