From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/47491 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Michael Bynum Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: Creating a nomenclature section? 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Thank you. I have one additional question though. In the command \definesynonyms[nomenclature][nomenclatures][\infull] What does the [nomenclatures] field do? Looking at the manual it seems to be the "plural name" input, but what purpose does it serve? On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:58 PM, Carsten Fechtmann wrote: > Dear Mike > > if something simple is what you had in mind for this, you might want to try > this: > > \definesynonyms[nomenclature][nomenclatures][\infull] > \setupsynonyms[nomenclature] %[criterium=all] > > \starttext > \completelistofnomenclatures > > \section{Some section} > > % these could be placed anywhere > \nomenclature[PI]{$\pi$}{the ratio of the circumference with respect to the > diameter of a circle} > \nomenclature[Dia]{$d$}{the diameter of a circle} > % References to them can be placed inside the definition, > % you might want to write a macro for that if that is a feature you use > often > > \input knuth > > This is the symbol \PI. Please note that no math mode has to be used here as > that is taken care of in the definition. > % Nor for the diameter \Dia. > > And just using the list of nomenclatures again: > > \placelistofnomenclatures > Produces a list (sorted) of all or all used 'nomenclatures'. See also the > section about abbreviations in the ConTeXt handbook. > > There is also the \type{...register} suite of commands if page entries etc.\ > are more what is needed. > \stoptext > > Cheers > Carsten > > Am 12.02.2009 um 21:00 schrieb Michael Bynum: > >> I haven't been able to find any documentation about producing a >> nomenclature section in a document using context. In the absence of a >> command/module providing the functionality of something like the >> nomencl package in latex, I was wondering if anyone else had an >> elegant work around for this issue. I guess I could just use a list >> to make a nomenclature section, but that would lose a lot of the >> functionality that makes something like nomencl useful. >> >> Mike > > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to > the Wiki! > > maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / > http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > ___________________________________________________________________________________ > ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : https://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________