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 <tecosaur@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
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John

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