Document Classes ⇒ memoir | Glossary with Illustrations

[pyrogerg]

Hello,

I am new to LaTeX and working on a regional flora, a book that will identify and describe plants. Botanical nomenclature requires a glossary with illustrations for many terms. I've been trying to create the glossary using the function provided by the memoir class, but I'm having difficulty with it.

I have created a minimum working example "MWE.tex", which produces a minimal glossary by the following steps:

• Create basic.gst configuration file for MakeIndex (code file copied from memmoir manual).

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  %%% basic.gst basic makindex glossary style file
  %%% Output style parameters 
  preamble "\\begin{theglossary}" 
  postamble "\n\\end{theglossary}\n"
  item_0	"\n\\glossitem" 
  delim_0	"{\\memglonum{" 
  encap_suffix "}}}" 
  headings_flag 1 
  heading_prefix "\\doglobookmark{" 
  heading_suffix "}"
  %%% Input style parameters 
  keyword "\\glossaryentry"

• Create glo file by typesetting MWE.tex.
• Create gls file by entering the following at the command line:

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  makeindex -s basic.gst -o MWE.gls MWE.glo

• Edit gls file to remove references to the doglobookmark macro*.
  Typeset MWE.tex again.

*Note: The gls file must be edited to remove the doglobookmark marcro or LaTex will return an error that it is an undefinied control sequence. I'd like to fix this, but it is a lower priority than the graphics.

Having created a glossary, I have no idea how to get the illustration graphics into it. Is there a way to do this using either memoir's glossary or some other glossary package that won't conflict with memoir? Otherwise, I'll resort to formatting the glossary manually as another chapter. If I take that route, I could use a suggestion as to how I can create a horizontal space between terms and their definitions, such that the definitions are left aligned with each other to the right of the terms.

Thanks in advance,
Gregory

[nlct]

memoir has a fairly limited glossary mechanism. You might find it easier to use the glossaries package. For example (suppose you have an image file called "test.png"):

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\documentclass{memoir}

\usepackage[nonumberlist]{glossaries}
\usepackage{graphicx}

\makeglossaries

\newglossaryentry{awn}{name=awn,description={Hair- or bristle-like
appendage.\begin{center}\includegraphics{test}\end{center}}}

\begin{document}
\chapter{Sample}

\gls{awn}

\printglossaries

\end{document}

(There's a beginner's guide on CTAN or there's also an article in the Know How section.)

If you want to get a bit more fancy, you could store the image in one of the user keys and define your own custom glossary style.

Regards
Nicola Talbot