losymbol.sty

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%losymbol.sty by gerry van dooren, may 1992, revised august 1992.
% elecgd@urc.tue.nl
%
%definition is nearly analogous to the setup for list of figures
%and list of tables; use same definition using \@starttoc,
%however default extension is now .los
%
%MODIFICATIONS:
%
%1. losymbol.sty can now always be used, without paying attention to the
%   style file used in de main document (using if undefined) <aug 1992>.
%
%2. It appeared that, if the list of symbols is larger than one page,
%   the pagenumber of the list in the table of contents was the last page
%   of the list of symbols. This is also repaired by interchanging the
%   \addcontentsline{} and the \starttoc{} statements <july 1992>.
%
%PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED:
%
%1. If the explanation of the symbols is longer than the width of the
%   right column, the linespacing is not uniform anymore. The solution
%   to this problem is not yet found <july 1992>.
%
\def\losymbolsname{List of Symbols}
\def\listofsymbols{%
		\appendix \setcounter{chapter}{1} \chapter{\losymbolsname}
        \@starttoc{los}
}
%
%command for putting text in file \jobname.loa is \addsymbol
%command that is used for actually producing text is called
%\makenicesymbolline
\def\addsymbol#1#2{%
\addtocontents{los}{\protect \makenicesymbolline{#1}{#2}}}
%
%physical dimensions of columns
%
\newdimen\@lcsym %width of left column
\@lcsym=3cm      %default 3cm
%
\newdimen\@mcsym %width of mid column (space)
\@mcsym=2cm      %default 2cm
%
\newdimen\@rcsym %width of right column
\@rcsym=\hsize   %initial width=textwidth
%
\advance\@rcsym by -\@lcsym %subtract lcsym
\advance\@rcsym by -\@mcsym %subtract mid
%
%command for producing the actual line uses standard minipages
%to cope with long definitions
%
\def\makenicesymbolline#1#2{%
\begin{minipage}[t]{\@lcsym}#1\end{minipage}%
$\hspace{\@mcsym}$%
\begin{minipage}[t]{\@rcsym}#2\end{minipage}\newline}
%
%end of losymbol.sty


%another implementation

%
%\ifx\documentclass\usepackage % true after \begin{document}
%   \begin{list}{}{\leftmargin=2cm
%                  \labelwidth\leftmargin\advance\labelwidth-\labelsep
%                  \def\makelabel##1{##1\hfil}}
%   \def\EndThisFile{\end{list}}
%   \renewcommand\newsymbol[4][]{\item[#2] #4}
%   \renewcommand\otherdef[3][\relax]{\item[#2] #3}
%   \index{ @Physical Symbols}
%\else
%   \newcommand\newsymbol[4][]{\def#2{%
%       \index{ @Physical Symbols!#1\protect#2@$#3$}%
%       \ensuremath{#3}}}
%   \newcommand\otherdef[3][\relax]{\ifx#1\relax\else\let#1#2\fi}
%   \let\EndThisFile\relax
%\fi
%
%\newsymbol{\Cd}{C_D}
%          {Depletion layer capacitance}
%
%\newsymbol{\Cm}{C_m}
%          {MOS capacitance per unit area}
%
%\newsymbol{\Cox}{C_{ox}}
%          {Oxide capacitance, $\Cox = \eSiO2/\dox$}
%
%\newsymbol{\Cs}{C_S}
%          {Semiconductor capacitance per unit area}
%
%\otherdef[\CS]{\Cs}
%          {Pipeline cell storage capacitor}
%
%\EndThisFile