Any items in a list where the name of an item (in the brackets) has <=2 character, the description is put on the same line as the name. I'm looking for a way to make it so all of the descriptions are all indented on the next line, thanks.
\documentclass[11pt]{article}
%% Layout Alteration
%% --------------------------
\usepackage{
enumitem, % indented items for glossary
framed, % nice boxes; used in Supervisor's Approval
geometry, % change the margins for specific PAGES
}
\setlist[description]{style=nextline}
\geometry{ % specify page size options for (geometry)
a4paper, % paper size
margin=1in, % specified independently with hmargin vmargin
}
% Hides the formatting for the glossary
\newenvironment{Glossary}
{
\begin{description}
}
{
\end{description}
}
\begin{document}
\begin{Glossary}
\item[Uvic] University of Victoria
\item[2-FSK] 2 tone Frequency Shift Keying
\item[Core blocks] The pre installed modules and blocks in Gnuradio
\item[CSA] Canadian Space Agency
\item[CubeSat] A miniaturized space satellite for research
\item[DSP] Digital Signal Processor
\item[FM] Frequency Modulation
\item[FPGA] Field-Programmable Gate Array
\item[FSK] Frequency Shift Keying
\item[GFSK] Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying
\item[GNU Radio] A DSP and SDR creation software
\item[GPIO] General Purpose Input/Output
\item[GRC] GNU Radio Companion, GUI interface for GNU Radio
\item[gr\_modtool] A script that simplifies the process of creating OOT Modules
\item[GUI] Graphical User Interface
\item[IO] Input/Output
\item[OS] Operating System
\item[OOT Module] Out-of-tree Module
\item[PDU] Protocol Data Unit, A PMT that is a pair of a dictionary and a uniform vector type
\item[PMT] Polymorphic Type, An opaque data type designed as generic containers of data that can be safely passed between blocks in Gnuradio
\end{Glossary}
\end{document}
"FM", "IO, and "OS" names all have their descriptions on the same line
There are a couple of options. For example: Format the item yourself with a new command. Then you can decide the spacing yourself.
\newcommand{\myitem}[2]{
\item[] \textbf{#1} \newline \hspace*{.5cm} #2}
\begin{document}
\begin{Glossary}
\myitem{Uvic} University of Victoria
\myitem{2-FSK} 2 tone Frequency Shift Keying
\myitem{Core blocks} The pre installed modules and blocks in Gnuradio
\myitem{CSA} Canadian Space Agency
\myitem{CubeSat} A miniaturized space satellite for research
\myitem{DSP} Digital Signal Processor
\myitem{FM} Frequency Modulation
\myitem{FPGA} Field-Programmable Gate Array
\myitem{FSK} Frequency Shift Keying
\myitem{GFSK} Gaussian Frequency Shift Keying
\myitem{GNU Radio} A DSP and SDR creation software
\myitem{GPIO} General Purpose Input/Output
\myitem{GRC} GNU Radio Companion, GUI interface for GNU Radio
\myitem{gr\_modtool} A script that simplifies the process of creating OOT Modules
\myitem{GUI} Graphical User Interface
\myitem{IO} Input/Output
\myitem{OS} Operating System
\myitem{OOT Module} Out-of-tree Module
\myitem{PDU} Protocol Data Unit, A PMT that is a pair of a dictionary and a uniform vector type
\myitem{PMT} Polymorphic Type, An opaque data type designed as generic containers of data that can be safely passed between blocks in Gnuradio
\end{Glossary}
An even simpler (but hacky) solution is to just insert invisible letters in the shorter items to match the longer ones and thereby force the same formatting:
\item[GUI] Graphical User Interface
\item[IO\phantom{XYZ}] Input/Output
\item[OS\phantom{XYZ}] Operating System
And better yet, organize your acronyms using a package that does the formatting and bookkeeping for you, e.g. acro.