\documentclass[12pt,a4paper,twoside]{report} \usepackage{nomentbl} \makeglossary \title{Nomenclature with longtable} \author{Brian Elmegaard} \begin{document} \maketitle \printglossary \chapter{Introduction} This file gives a very limited introduction to the use of longtable together with the nomencl package for writing nomenclatures. It requires nomencl to be present on your system. The way to go is: Install \texttt{nomenltb.sty} where latex can find it, and \texttt{nomenltb.ist} where makeindex can find that. \begin{itemize} \item Run latex. This generates the glossary input file \texttt{foo.glo}. \item Run makeindex with \texttt{makeindex -s nomenltb.ist -o foo.gls foo.glo } \item Run latex again. \end{itemize} An equation is needed for the current setup: \begin{equation} \label{eq:1} \mathbf{J}_i\cdot\Delta\underline{x}_{i+1}=-\underline{f}_i \end{equation} %Here follows the nomenclature entries. \nomenclature[aJ]{$J$}{Jacobian Matrix}{} \nomenclature[Zi]{$i$}{Variable number}{} \nomenclature[ax]{$\Delta x$}{Variable displacement vector}{} \nomenclature[af]{$f$}{Residual value vector}{} \nomenclature[ax]{$x$}{Variable value vector}{} The nomenclature is result of the following: \begin{verbatim} \nomenclature[aJ]{$J$}{Jacobian Matrix}{} \nomenclature[Zi]{$i$}{Variable number}{} \nomenclature[ax]{$\Delta x$}{Variable displacement vector}{} \nomenclature[af]{$f$}{Residual value vector}{} \nomenclature[ax]{$x$}{Variable value vector}{} \end{verbatim} An some symbols with units: \begin{equation} \label{eq:3} F=m \alpha \end{equation} \nomenclature[aF]{$F$}{Force}{N} \nomenclature[am]{$m$}{mass}{kg} \nomenclature[ga]{$\alpha$}{acceleration}{m/s$\mathrm{^2}$} \begin{verbatim} \nomenclature[aF]{$F$}{Force}{N} \nomenclature[am]{$m$}{mass}{kg} \nomenclature[ga]{$\alpha$}{acceleration}{m/s$\mathrm{^2}$} \end{verbatim} \end{document}