% arara: pdflatex % arara: makeglossaries % arara: pdflatex \documentclass{article} \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} \usepackage[colorlinks]{hyperref} \usepackage{glossaries-extra} \makeglossaries % set up the styles: \setabbreviationstyle{long-short-sc} \setabbreviationstyle[initialism]{short-long} \glssetcategoryattribute{initialism}{insertdots}{true} \glssetcategoryattribute{initialism}{discardperiod}{true} \glssetcategoryattribute{initialism}{retainfirstuseperiod}{true} % define the entries: \newabbreviation{html}{html}{hypertext markup language} \newabbreviation[category=initialism]{eg}{eg}{for example} \newabbreviation[category=initialism]{si}{SI}{sample initials} \begin{document} \section{Examples} Abbreviations with dots \gls{eg} and \gls{si} and abbreviation without dots \gls{html} and the end of the sentence. (Next use.) Abbreviations with dots \gls{eg} and \gls{si} and abbreviation without dots \gls{html} and the end of the sentence. Singular: \gls{si} and at the end of a sentence \gls{si}. Plural: \glspl{si} and at the end of a sentence \glspl{si}. Reset\glsresetall. First use end of sentence: \gls{eg}. \gls{si}. \gls{html}. Next use end of sentence: \gls{eg}. \gls{si}. \gls{html}. \section{Space Factors} Test the space factors. (More visible if we switch to a monospaced font.) \begin{ttfamily} Initialisms in the middle \gls{eg} and \gls{si} of a sentence. Initialism at the end of a sentence \gls{eg}. Initialism at the end of a sentence \gls{si}. Another sentence. \end{ttfamily} Compare with explicitly writing the text without \verb|\gls| and judicious use of \verb*|\ | and \verb|\@|: \begin{ttfamily} Initialisms in the middle e.g.\ and S.I. of a sentence. Initialism at the end of a sentence e.g. Initialism at the end of a sentence S.I\@. Another sentence. \end{ttfamily} \printglossaries \end{document}