Thanks for the pointers.

This is a bit like using the full glossaries package versus the
acronyms package in LaTeX, I fear :-)
And I've used acronyms a lot and developed sort of an allergy to glossaries
:-D

But I will take the summer to try and learn ... promise :-)

Bs

On Tue, 28 May 2024 at 13:34, John Kitchin <jkitchin@andrew.cmu.edu> wrote:

> org-ref supports acronyms and glossaries:
> https://github.com/jkitchin/org-ref/blob/master/org-ref-glossary.el.
> There is a video of it at
> https://www.youtube.com/live/sebs2vSIEk4?si=XUfT4KIuCF0PxlnN. It sounds
> close to what you want.
>
> On Mon, May 27, 2024 at 5:04 AM Pedro Andres Aranda Gutierrez <
> paaguti@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> Sébastien writes:
>> >  Hello,
>>
>> Hi, answers inline
>>
>> > Is there a way to manage acronyms in an Org-mode document ?
>>
>> Currently I'm using acronyms in Documents which I handle with *TeX as my
>> background processor. So, it's basically embedding the LaTeX \ac* commands
>> in the org-file. But I'm thinking of a module to do this in org-native
>> mode.
>>
>> > For example:
>> >
>> > 1. I write a list of acronyms and their definition inside a "List of
>> >    acronyms" heading
>> >
>> > 2. In my document, when I simply write the acronyms in my text
>> >
>> > 3. When I export my Org-mode document, the first time that an acronym is
>> >    written, it appear in full version and all the other times it appear
>> >    in acronym version
>>
>> Most of what you say is already there in e.g. the acronyms package in
>> LaTeX and I have an ancient attempt at this written in C which made it's
>> way to the venerable latex2rtf program. It could make a nice summer
>> project. I could share the notes I have taken until now with basic ideas.
>>
>> Best, /PA
>>
>> --
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>>
>>
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Headaches with a Juju log:
unit-basic-16: 09:17:36 WARNING juju.worker.uniter.operation we should run
a leader-deposed hook here, but we can't yet