Automatic Acronym List in LaTeX

Author

LianTze Lim

Last Updated

7년 전

License

Creative Commons CC BY 4.0

Abstract

A simple example of creating a list of acronyms using the acronym package, which supports auto-expansion on first mention, and shortening on subsequent mentions.

\documentclass[12pt]{article}

% standard incantations
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{lmodern}
\usepackage[english]{babel}

% clickable links in the PDF
\usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref}

% acronyms
\usepackage{acronym} 

\title{Automatic Acronym List in \LaTeX}
\author{LianTze Lim}
\date{\today}

\begin{document}
\maketitle

\input{acro_list}

\section{Example}

The \texttt{acronym} package automatically generates a list of acronyms. It's great for keeping track of your domain-knowledge and \ac{TLA}. In this example we've put the acronym definitions in a separate \verb|acro_list.tex| file, which you can edit via the project menu.


\end{document}