Org-ref supports this for glossaries and acronyms. See https://youtu.be/sebs2vSIEk4 For an overview.
On Sat, Jun 4, 2022 at 6:13 AM Timothy <tecos...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Denis, > > > Is there support for abbreviations in org-mode? Something like what the > acro > > package provides for latex, i.e., assemble a list of all used > abbreviations, use > > a full form when an abbreviation is used for the first time, the > abbreviated > > form afterwards. If that does not exist: What would be a good way to > approach > > that? > > Not directly, but I think you could do something like this as a > halfway-house: > > ┌──── > │ Blah blah text ABBR > │ > │ * Abbreviations > │ > │ - <<<ABBR>>> :: Some abbreviation > │ ... > └──── > > I’d think there’s scope for a package say “org-abbreviations” which > provides > acro-like support. Perhaps even support for a central abbreviations file. > Hmm, I > may think of trying a small MVP for that this weekend. > > All the best, > Timothy > -- John ----------------------------------- Professor John Kitchin (he/him/his) Doherty Hall A207F Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213 412-268-7803 @johnkitchin http://kitchingroup.cheme.cmu.edu
