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.
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