list of symbols

[F.B.]

hello,

i would like to add a list of symbols page (and TOC entry) by
including an existing tex file. in ucsd.cls i have added (under the
list of tables entry):

% \listofsymbols:
\def\listtablename{List of Symbols}

but am not sure how to handle the contents of:

\def\listofsymbols{ ... }

since, for example, simply adding \include{list_of_symbols} gives me
an error.

thanks!

[mir amicitas]

Instead of trying to modify ucsd.cls try putting this at the end of
your thesis instead:

\clearpage
\phantomsection
\addcontentsline{toc}{backmatter}{List of Symbols}

\input{list_of_symbols}

The way that I handled my list of symbols was to use the glossaries package:

I put this in the preamble:

% Create a glossary:
\usepackage[toc,nonumberlist]{glossaries}
\newglossary{symbols}{gls_sym}{glo_sym}{\glssymbolsgroupname}
\loadglsentries{bst_glossary}
\makeglossaries
% There needs to be a \printglossaries statement in the backmatter
% In order to display the glossaries.

And then this at the end of thesis:

% Display the glossary
\glsaddall
\printglossary[type=main]
\printglossary[type=symbols]

This is a little different than how you are trying to achieve this,
but works very well.

Novimir

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