Re: Two List of Acronyms problems

Reinhard Kotucha <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.tetex.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
>>>>> "Shaun" == Shaun Jackman <[email protected]> writes:

  > First off, if there's a more appropriate mailing list for this
  > question, please point me in the right direction.

Yes, [email protected] is much better because there are the TeX/LaTeX
gurus, the tetex list is just for questions about the teTeX
distribution.  Another good thing is the newsgroup comp.text.tex.

  > teTeX formats a list of acronyms 

It's actually most likely LaTeX which does the formatting.  teTeX is
a/the TeX distribution for UNIX.  This is the reason I think you get
better support on texhax or comp.text.tex . 

  > like so: IrDA..... Infrared Data
  > Association A wireless communication protocol commonly used by
  > handhelds.

  > I have two things I'd like to change:

  > 1. The lower case 'r' is typeset as a small-cap and not a lower
  > case letter. How can I change this?

Certainly its not the lower case 'r' which is typeset in small-caps
but the string "IrDA".  If the 'r' in "Infrared Data" is in
small-caps (and only the 'r'), then something seems to be broken. 

  > 2. The acronym's expansion and the definition are separated only
  > by white space. I'd like to separate them by a dash. How can I
  > accomplish this?

It would be very helpful to have small .tex file which shows your
problem.  Otherwise we have to make some assumptions about the
packages you use.  On the first glance it seems that it is not too
difficult to solve your problems, maybe the package you use even
provides some options for customization.

You can use the program "texdoctk" to browse the documentation.
Unfortunately too many people do not know that there is such tool.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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