Herbert, Here is your lyx file, modified to divide nomenclature into 6 sections or less. The user can improve it by playing with the preamble.
Remzi
#LyX 1.1 created this file. For more info see http://www.lyx.org/ \lyxformat 218 \textclass article \begin_preamble %usepackage{hyperref} \usepackage[refpage]{nomencl} \makeglossary \makeindex \RequirePackage{ifthen} \renewcommand{\nomgroup}[1]{% \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{A}}{\item[\textbf{Chapter 1}]}{ \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{B}}{\item[\textbf{Chapter 2}]}} \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{C}}{\item[\textbf{Chapter 3}]}{ \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{D}}{\item[\textbf{Chapter 4}]}} \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{E}}{\item[\textbf{Chapter 5}]}{ \ifthenelse{\equal{#1}{F}}{\item[\textbf{Chapter 6}]}{}}} \end_preamble \language english \inputencoding latin1 \fontscheme default \graphics default \float_placement !htb \paperfontsize 10 \spacing single \papersize Custom \paperpackage a4 \use_geometry 0 \use_amsmath 0 \paperorientation portrait \paperwidth 15cm \paperheight 22cm \leftmargin 1.7cm \topmargin 1.4cm \rightmargin 1.2cm \bottommargin 1.4cm \headsep 1cm \footskip 0.5cm \secnumdepth 3 \tocdepth 3 \paragraph_separation indent \defskip medskip \quotes_language french \quotes_times 2 \papercolumns 1 \papersides 1 \paperpagestyle default \layout Title package \family typewriter nomencl \layout Author Herbert Vo� \layout Standard \begin_inset LatexCommand \tableofcontents{} \end_inset \layout Abstract This is a nomencl-demo with the following preamble-commands \newline \family typewriter \backslash usepackage[refpage]{nomencl} \newline \backslash makeglossary \newline \family default For more information have a look at the nomencl-doc. The whole package may be part of your local tex-installation or available at CTAN. \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash addcontentsline{toc}{section}{ \backslash nomname} \layout Standard \latex latex \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{glossar} \end_inset \backslash printglossary \layout Section Intro \layout Standard Very often a glossary or nomenclature is very useful for long or complex texts. At first we'll have an equation \begin_inset Formula \begin{equation} \dot{y}=y+c \end{equation} \end_inset \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[a1 ]{ \latex default \begin_inset Formula \( \dot{y} \) \end_inset \latex latex }{The first abbreviation fo \latex default \begin_inset Formula \( y \) \end_inset \latex latex to the time \latex default \begin_inset Formula \( t \) \end_inset \latex latex \backslash refeq} \latex default The \begin_inset Formula \( \dot{y} \) \end_inset gets an entry in the nomenclature with \layout Standard \added_space_top medskip \added_space_bottom medskip \family typewriter \size small \backslash nomenclature{ \begin_inset Formula \( \dot{y} \) \end_inset }{The first abbreviation fo \begin_inset Formula \( y \) \end_inset to the time \begin_inset Formula \( t \) \end_inset \backslash refeq} \layout Standard where the command \family typewriter \size small \backslash refeq \family default \size default points to the equation \latex latex \backslash nomenclature{ \latex default equation \latex latex }{ \latex default Some kind of mathstuff \latex latex } \latex default number just before the \family typewriter \size small \backslash nomenclature \family default \size default -command (look at Nomenclature on page \begin_inset LatexCommand \pageref{glossar} \end_inset ). Same is possible for refs to pages. In fact of the package-option \family typewriter \size small [pageref] \family default \size default every nomencl-entry gets a ref to the page where it is definied. Therefore the entry for \begin_inset Formula \( \dot{y} \) \end_inset has two refs. \layout Standard text text text text text text with a nice formula \begin_inset Formula \( f(x)=x^{2+n}+1 \) \end_inset \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[a2 ]{ \latex default \begin_inset Formula \( f(x)=x^{2+n}+1 \) \end_inset \latex latex }{ \latex default a formula \latex latex } \latex default \layout Standard text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text with the European Community \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[b1 ]{EC}{ \latex default European Community \latex latex } \latex default \layout Standard text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text and another nice formula \begin_inset Formula \( f(x)=\int ^{b}_{a}xdx \) \end_inset \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[b2 ]{ \latex default \begin_inset Formula \( f(x)=\int ^{b}_{a}xdx \) \end_inset \latex latex }{ \latex default another formula with a long text a formula \latex latex ...} \latex default ext text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text \layout Section Mathstuff \layout Standard One of the most important thing of the package nomenclature is that there are no restrictions for the entries. Therefore you can write a LyX-Mathbox with alt-m-m as an entry. Look at the LyX-file. The only thing that you have to remember is that these entries appear in the sorted nomenclatur first. \layout Standard \begin_inset Formula \( f(x)=x \) \end_inset \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[c1 ]{ \latex default \begin_inset Formula \( f(x)=x \) \end_inset \latex latex }{a formula} \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[d2 ]{EC}{ \latex default European Community \latex latex } \latex default \layout Standard text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text \layout Standard \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[e1 ]{ \latex default \begin_inset Formula \( f(x)=\sum ^{b}_{i=a}x_{i} \) \end_inset \latex latex }{ \latex default a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text a formula with a very long text \latex latex } \layout Standard text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text like ASCII \latex latex \backslash nomenclature[e2 ]{ASCII}{American Standard Code of Information Interchange} \latex default \layout Standard text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text text \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{text} \end_inset text \layout Standard \backslash phantomsection \the_end
