MiKTeX and proTeXt ⇒ nomencl | List of abbreviations

[Patrijs]

Hello,

This might be a stupid question since I'm new to the whole LaTex thing.
Anyhow, I'm trying to make a "List of abbreviations" by following the explanation on wikibooks.

What I did:
In the main file:

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\usepackage{nomencl}
  \let\abbrev\nomenclature
  \renewcommand{\nomname}{List of abbreviations}
  \setlength{\nomlabelwidth}{.25\hsize}
  \renewcommand{\nomlabel}[1]{#1 \dotfill}
  \setlength{\nomitemsep}{-\parsep}
  \makenomenclature
...
\begin{document}
...
\include{Abbreviations}
...
\end{document}

In the "Abbreviations" file:

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\printnomenclature

I executed the file twice, but I get no result at all. The rest of the text is generated just fine and I don't get any error or warning. Apparently I now have to execute makeindex filename.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o filename.nls. But I don't know how to do that (this is probably the moment you think "what an idiot" ). I would be very grateful if someone could help me out or sees another fault in my code.

Thx!

[localghost]

[…] Apparently I now have to execute makeindex filename.nlo -s nomencl.ist -o filename.nls. But I don't know how to do that (this is probably the moment you think "what an idiot"). I would be very grateful if someone could help me out or sees another fault in my code. […]

Due to the lack of a true minimal example it can't be said if your code is erroneous. But it seems that only the step of processing the *.nlo file by MakeIndex is missing.

Furthermore it could be helpful if you write something about the editor you use. Some editors offer to create so called build profiles which allow so set up several processing steps. If you use an appropriate editor, it will be possible to integrate all necessary steps into a build profile. For TeXworks we discussed this recently [1]. In a similar way this would be possible for several other editors, too.

[1] View Topic: Nomenclature


Best regards and welcome to the board
Thorsten

[Patrijs]

Sorry, thought it would be obvious that I use TexNicCenter since I posted here. My bad. This together with MikTex.

[poeli]

Have you found a solution? What I have in Texmaker is that pdflatex does not produce a .nlo file so makeindex can't make an index...