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29. How can you create a symbols glossary?

Answer

Use the following code.

Note: This question and answer were contributed by Nicky van Foreest at the University of Twente. I have not used this code myself, and present it here without further comments or warranty.

Example usage

In the preamble:

% Glossary stuff
\makeglossary

\usepackage{supertabular}
\newcommand{\glossaryname}{Symbols Index}

\newenvironment{theglossary}
    {\chapter*{Symbols Index}
      \begin{supertabular}{ll}}
    {\end{supertabular}
}

\newcommand{\printglossary}{\InputIfFileExists{boekje.gly}{}{\chapter*{Symbols
      Index}}}

...

\begin{document}

...

\include ...

... $\{W(t)\}\equiv \{W(t),t\geq 0\}\glossary{Wt@$W(t)$ & State or window
size of the source at time $t$}$ ...


...

\clearemptydoublepage
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Symbols Index}
\chaptermark{Symbols Index}
\printglossary