Re: Creating a glossary of terms (creating a vocabulary list)
- From: John Culleton <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 17:40:00 +0000
nloych@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I am writing a large document, and in the glossary will be a listing of
> common phrases and terms. So far I've been creating it manually with a
> command like the following.
>
> \textbf{Alignment} - The angular offset of two axis of symmetry and/or
> rotation
>
> This creates bad box errors and is quite tedious to bold things and
> alphabetize. Has anyone created a 'definition' command that will do
> the spacing and ordering? It should look like a vocabulary list.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -Neil L.
Context (an alternative to LaTeX) has extensive facilities for creating your
own definitions of layouts such as you are seeking. See chapter 10 of _The
Context Manual_ available online from
http://www.pragma-ade.nl
--
John Culleton
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