Abbreviations support

Abbreviations support

[Denis Maier]

Hi everyone,
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?
Best,
Denis

Re: Abbreviations support

[Timothy]

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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

Re: Abbreviations support

[John Kitchin]

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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
>
-- 
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

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Re: Abbreviations support

[Denis Maier]

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Thanks for the hint!
Denis

Am 04.06.2022 um 18:11 schrieb John Kitchin:
> 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
>
> -- 
> 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
>

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Re: Abbreviations support

[Denis Maier]

Hi Timothy,
thanks for looking into this. A package "org-abbreviations" or so would 
be truly awesome. Have you had a chance to look into a MVP? Let me know 
if I can help somehow.
Best,
Denis

Am 04.06.2022 um 12:09 schrieb Timothy:
> 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

Re: Abbreviations support

[Timothy]

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Hi Denis,

> thanks for looking into this. A package “org-abbreviations” or so would be truly
> awesome. Have you had a chance to look into a MVP? Let me know if I can help
> somehow.

I’m currently ~70% of the way through a MVP `org-glossary' package 🙂.

Testing/design comments would be appreciated, if you’re up to either of those it
would be most convenient if you could get in touch over Matrix
(@tecosaur:matrix.org), Discord (tecosaur#2786), or IRC (tecosaur on librechat).

All the best,
Timothy