% arara: pdflatex % arara: makeglossaries % arara: pdflatex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \usepackage[style=tree]{glossaries-extra} \makeglossaries % Append the description in parentheses on first use % for entries with the "describe" category: \glssetregularcategory{describe} \newcommand*{\glsxtrpostlinkdescribe}{% \glsxtrpostlinkAddDescOnFirstUse } \newglossaryentry{sample1}{name={sample1}, category=describe, description={the first sample entry}} % Append the symbol in parentheses on first use for % entries with the "symbol" category: \glssetregularcategory{symbol} \newcommand*{\glsxtrpostlinksymbol}{% \glsxtrifwasfirstuse {% \space (denoted: \glsentrysymbol{\glslabel})% }% {}% } \newglossaryentry{sample2}{name={sample2}, symbol={\ensuremath{\mathcal{S}_2}}, category=symbol, description={the second sample entry}} % Append the description as a footnote for general entries % on first use: %\newcommand*{\glsxtrpostlinkgeneral}{% % \glsxtrifwasfirstuse{\footnote{\glsentrydesc{\glslabel}}}{}% %} % or (defer footnote mark until after any following punctuation): \newcommand*{\glsxtrpostlinkgeneral}{% \glsxtrifwasfirstuse {\glsxtrdopostpunc{\footnote{\glsentrydesc{\glslabel}}}}% {}% } % Disable hyperlink of first use for those entries in the "general" % category: \glssetcategoryattribute{general}{nohyperfirst}{true} \newglossaryentry{sample3}{name={sample3}, description={the third sample entry}} \begin{document} First use: \gls{sample1}, \gls{sample2} and \gls{sample3}. Next use: \gls{sample1}, \gls{sample2} and \gls{sample3}. Value of first field (post-link hook is still used): \glsfirst{sample1}, \glsfirst{sample2} and \glsfirst{sample3}. \printglossaries \end{document}