MakeIndex, Nomenclature, Glossaries and Acronyms ⇒ Nomenclature in Texnic Center

[JJ]

Hi All,

I've spent a whole afternoon trying to include a nomenclature page in my report. I've read a lot of pdf's about how to do it and none of them seems to work for me!! Here is a very short example which I literally copy and pasted it from a document I read.

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%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{nomencl}
\makenomenclature
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\begin{document} 

\section*{Main equations}

\begin{equation}
a=\frac{N}{A}
\end{equation}%
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\nomenclature{$a$}{The number of angels per unit area}%
\nomenclature{$N$}{The number of angels per needle point}%
\nomenclature{$A$}{The area of the needle point}%
The equation $\sigma = m a$%
\nomenclature{$\sigma$}{The total mass of angels per unit area}%
\nomenclature{$m$}{The mass of one angel}
follows easily.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\printnomenclature
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\end{document}

For some reason I never get the nomenclature printed. Why are some things so difficult in LaTeX???

Thanks in advance for the help.

Cheers,
John

[Stefan Kottwitz]

Hi John,

you would need a run of the makeindex program, either from the command line or by the output profile. The nomencl documentation describes how to use makeindex and which parameters would be needed.

Stefan

[spiegboy]

write a batch file

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makeindex <yourfilename>.nlo -s  nomencl.ist -o <yourfilename>.nls
pause>nul

[localghost]

The command line suggested by spiegboy can be integrated into the post-processing section of a build profile in TeXnicCenter (TXC). Start TXC and press Alt+F7 to get the according dialogue window.


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[JJ]

Thanks for the help. However, it doesn't seem to work. I did Alt+F7 and copy and pasted the code suggested by spiegboy under 'Command line arguments to pass MakeIndex:'. I've also pasted it under the Postprocessor tab. But still nothing happens. Unfortunately I don't know how to use the command line with texnic center (it doesn't have one). Sorry but I'm not brilliant with Latex!!

Thanks in advance for any help.

John

[localghost]

An entry in the post-processing section should be enough. Take a build profile (or a copied and renamed one) and do the modifications as seen in the attachment. Adaptation of paths is required. No warranty because untested.

[JJ]

Thanks a lot!! It works, I was just doing it wrong.