Document Classes ⇒ how to do acronyms/Glossaries in memoir?

[artimess]

I am using memoir class for a book. I need to create list of acronyms and glossary.
I like to know if it could be done in memoir (natively) and if so how. My first attempt was to use glossaries package, but it does not work even for a document of 10 lines due to "write error" because of number of files created.

I do appreciate your help.
Artimess

[daleif]

how complicated is that document, since you are running into the number of writes limit?

Could you provide a minimal example?

[artimess]

how complicated is that document, since you are running into the number of writes limit?

Could you provide a minimal example?

Hi and thanks for your interest. Here is an example, my feeling is it is clashing with glossary implementation of memoir. But I am not that expert to understand the iners of either packages to fix the problem.

Do appreciate your help.
Artimess

[daleif]

start by making that a minimal example by removing all that is not needed. You use a lot of stuff that are only relevant when typesetting the memoir manual, thus not relevant to your document.

[daleif]

This

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\documentclass[10pt]{memoir}


\usepackage[acronym,toc]{glossaries}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\newglossary[slg]{symbols}{sym}{sbl}{List of Symbols}

\makeglossaries

% The following definitions will go in the main glossary

\newglossaryentry{culdesac}{name=cul-de-sac,description={passage
or street closed at one end},plural=culs-de-sac}

\newglossaryentry{elite}{name={\'e}lite,description={select
group or class},sort=elite}

\newglossaryentry{elitism}{name={\'e}litism,description={advocacy
of dominance by an \gls{elite}},sort=elitism}

\newglossaryentry{attache}{name=attach\'e,
description={person with special diplomatic responsibilities}}

% The following definitions will go in the list of acronyms

\newacronym{led}{LED}{light-emitting diode}

\newacronym{eeprom}{EEPROM}{electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory}

% The following definitions will go in the list of symbols

\newglossaryentry{ohm}{type=symbols,name=ohm,
symbol={\ensuremath{\Omega}},
description=unit of electrical resistance}

\newglossaryentry{angstrom}{type=symbols,name={\aa}ngstr\"om,
symbol={\AA},sort=angstrom,
description={non-SI unit of length}}

\begin{document}

\glsaddall

\printglossary 

\end{document}

works just fine

[artimess]

This

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\documentclass[10pt]{memoir}


\usepackage[acronym,toc]{glossaries}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\newglossary[slg]{symbols}{sym}{sbl}{List of Symbols}

\makeglossaries

% The following definitions will go in the main glossary

\newglossaryentry{culdesac}{name=cul-de-sac,description={passage
or street closed at one end},plural=culs-de-sac}

\newglossaryentry{elite}{name={\'e}lite,description={select
group or class},sort=elite}

\newglossaryentry{elitism}{name={\'e}litism,description={advocacy
of dominance by an \gls{elite}},sort=elitism}

\newglossaryentry{attache}{name=attach\'e,
description={person with special diplomatic responsibilities}}

% The following definitions will go in the list of acronyms

\newacronym{led}{LED}{light-emitting diode}

\newacronym{eeprom}{EEPROM}{electrically erasable programmable
read-only memory}

% The following definitions will go in the list of symbols

\newglossaryentry{ohm}{type=symbols,name=ohm,
symbol={\ensuremath{\Omega}},
description=unit of electrical resistance}

\newglossaryentry{angstrom}{type=symbols,name={\aa}ngstr\"om,
symbol={\AA},sort=angstrom,
description={non-SI unit of length}}

\begin{document}

\glsaddall

\printglossary 

\end{document}

works just fine

Yes, but I need the stuff I sent you, I am depending on lots of memoir style...
Is there any way to increase number of the files to avoid this issue?
Thanks,
Artimess I

[daleif]

in what way depending? What exactly do you need from that setup?

There is no way of encreasing the number of writes (anoys me too)

[daleif]

BTW: A modified version of glossaries that should cut down on the use of writes is in the making.

[artimess]

BTW: A modified version of glossaries that should cut down on the use of writes is in the making.

This is really a very good news. I find your package very comprehensive but a huge resource hug.
If I may suggest you should crash test it with memoir package. The example code that I posted does a very good job of it!
Looking forward to your new version.

Artimess

[daleif]

the memoir class is not a resource hog, but the memoir manual IS.

If you insist of using that as a base for your document without knowing what it does or which parts of it you actually need, then that is your choice.