$Id: README.m4,v 1.5 1997/11/15 14:55:30 volkan Exp $ * Introduction GlossTeX is a tool for the automatic preparation of glossaries, lists of acronyms and sorted lists in general for use with LaTeX and MakeIndex. In order to build GlossTeX, you need an ANSI C compiler. GlossTeX in some kind combines the functionality of acronym, nomencl and GloTeX. Like GloTeX, it uses the same format glossary definition files. GlossTeX can be used together with nomencl, nevertheless. A term consists of a label which is used to identify it, an optional typeset representation, an optional long-form (e.g. when it's an acronym) and the actual text describing it. These elements can all be accessed in several ways within the document. It is also possible to place cross-references from one term to another and include page-references into the produced lists. You can produce as many independent lists as you like. The most recent official release can always be found on CTAN:/support/glosstex. Inofficial development releases may be found on my homepage at http://webrum.uni-mannheim.de/ba/yavuzv/. GlossTeX comes with absolutely no warranty and is covered by the GNU General Public License (see the file COPYING). Copyright (C) 1997 Volkan Yavuz * Usage In your LaTeX-source, type: \documentclass{article} \usepackage{glosstex} \begin{document} \printglosstex(acr) This document is typeset using \gls{LaTeX}. The database file\glosstex{gdf-file} for use with \gls{GlossTeX} is a flat \ac{ASCII} file. \printglosstex(glo) \end{document} You need a .gdf-file that contains the definitions of the terms you want to appear in the glossary. For example: @entry{LaTeX, \LaTeX{}} \LaTeX{} is a \TeX{}-format. @entry{ASCII, ASCII, American Standard Code for Information Interchange} ASCII is a character encoding. See also \glxref{EBCDIC}. You then run latex, glosstex, makeindex and latex again to build the glossary. It may be necessary to use up to 4 iterations until all references are resolved. * Documentation Complete installation instructions and the user manual can be found in glosstex.dvi. * Comments If you have any comments, suggestions, mail me at yavuzv@rumms.uni-mannheim.de