Added support for the acro package.

ifiseries.sty

@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
 \DeclareStringOption[1.3]{pgfplotscompat}
 \DeclareBoolOption[true]{algorithmForwardCompatibility}
 \DeclareBoolOption[true]{algorithmBackwardCompatibility}
+\DeclareStringOption[acronym]{acronymPackage}
 \DeclareStringOption[smaller,nohyperlinks,printonlyused]{acronymOptions}
+\DeclareStringOption[4em]{acroLabelWidth}
 \DeclareStringOption[]{hyphenatOptions}
 \DeclareStringOption[caption=false,font=footnotesize]{subfigOptions}
 \DeclareStringOption[]{theorems}
@@ -267,7 +269,59 @@
 \RequirePackage{changes}
 \normalem
 
-\RequirePackage[\ifiseries@acronymOptions]{acronym}
+\ExplSyntaxOn
+\str_case:onF{\ifiseries@acronymPackage}{
+  {acronym} {
+      \RequirePackage[\ifiseries@acronymOptions]{acronym}%
+  }
+  {acro} {
+      \RequirePackage{acro}%
+      % We need a custom list to make sure the list item indentation works properly with extra information
+      \newlist{kcssacronyms}{description}{1}
+      \setlist[kcssacronyms]{
+          leftmargin = !,
+          labelwidth=\ifiseries@acroLabelWidth
+      }
+      % Define custom list and extra styles
+      \DeclareAcroListStyle{kcssacrolist}{list}{
+          list = kcssacronyms
+      }
+      \DeclareAcroExtraStyle{newline}{inline}{
+          brackets = false,
+          punct = true,
+          punct-symbol = \\
+      }
+      % Basic acro setup with sensible defaults
+      \acsetup{
+          extra-format = {\footnotesize},
+          extra-style = newline,
+          label-prefix = lbl:,
+          list-caps = true,
+          list-heading = chapter*,
+          list-short-width = 10em,
+          list-style = kcssacrolist,
+          hyperref = false,
+          page-style = none,
+          short-format = {\smaller},
+          sort = true,
+      }
+      % Our list name depends on the language
+      \str_case:on{\ifiseries@language}{
+          {english} {
+              \acsetup{
+                  list-name = List\ of\ Acronyms,
+              }
+          }
+          {german} {
+              \acsetup{
+                  list-name = Akronymverzeichnis,
+              }
+          }
+      }
+  }
+}{\PackageError{ifiseries}{Unsupported~acronyms~package:~\ifiseries@acronymPackage}\@ehc}
+\ExplSyntaxOff
+
 \RequirePackage{xspace}
 \RequirePackage[\ifiseries@hyphenatOptions]{hyphenat}
 \RequirePackage[shortcuts]{extdash}

manual.tex

@@ -942,6 +942,8 @@ See \autoref{sub:bibliography} for more details on bibliographies.
     about acronyms such as a list of acronyms or providing a long version of the acronym when it is
     used for the first time such as for \ac{XML} and \ac{UML} above. Additionally acronyms are
     typeset a little bit smaller in order to better integrate into normal text.
+    As an alternative to \lstinline|acronyms|, the style also supports the \lstinline|acro| package,
+    as explained in \autoref{sub:acronyms}.
   \item[Generic Title Page:]
     For the generic title pages,
     the macro \lstinline|\gentitlepage| is provided.
@@ -1276,7 +1278,37 @@ You may choose between the following:
     This is the default.
   \item[figure=subfig]
     The \lstinline!subfig! package is used.
-	Additionally, the \lstinline|sidecap| package is loaded.
+	  Additionally, the \lstinline|sidecap| package is loaded.
+\end{description}
+
+
+
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\subsection{Choosing an Acronyms System}
+%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
+\label{sub:acronyms}
+
+The acronyms system provides a way to handle acronyms
+and have the system handle all the details,
+such as when to fully spell it out or producing a handy list of used acronyms.
+You may choose between the following:
+\begin{description}[font=\tt]
+  \item[acronymPackage=acronym]
+    The \lstinline!acronym! package is used.
+    This is the default.
+    The package is configured to use a smaller font
+    for printing the acronyms.
+  \item[acronymPackage=acro]
+    The \lstinline!acro! package is used.
+    This package has more features than the other one.
+    We provide a reasonable standard configuration,
+    but that configuration can be changed by using the package's
+    \lstinline|\acsetup| command.
+    The list of acronyms is setup in a way
+    that extra information provided for acronyms
+    are printed on a separate line in a smaller font.
+    You should use the style's \lstinline|acroLabelWidth| option
+    to make sure that the list of acronyms renders properly.
 \end{description}
 
 
@@ -2104,9 +2136,18 @@ combined with the \lstinline|article| class.
 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
 
 \begin{description}[font=\tt]
+  \item[acronymPackage]
+    Which package to use for handling acronyms.
+    Valid options are \lstinline|acronyms| and \lstinline|acro|.
   \item[acronymOptions]
     Options to be passed to the \lstinline|acronym| package.
     The default is \\\lstinline|smaller,nohyperlinks,printonlyused|.
+  \item[acroLabelWidth]
+    If the \lstinline|acro| package is used,
+    this specified the amount of space reserved for the acronyms
+    on the left side of the list of acronyms.
+    The default is \lstinline|4em|, and may have to be increased
+    to suit your particular list of acronyms.
   \item[babelOptions]
     Options to pass to the \lstinline|babel| package.
     Default is \lstinline|ngerman,english|,
@@ -2210,6 +2251,7 @@ An article on A4 paper:
 Removed support for the \lstinline|legacytexlive| option
 and updated the style to work with current installations.
 We now recommend to use at least \TeX\ Live 2015.
+Also added support for the \lstinline|acro| package.
 
 
 

template-bachelormaster.tex

@@ -5,15 +5,14 @@
 %%% then Ctrl-j should navigate to the next such field.
 
 \documentclass[10pt]{book}
-\usepackage[theorems=numbersfirst,bibresource={template-bachelormaster.bib}]{ifiseries}
+\usepackage[language=english,theorems=numbersfirst,bibresource={template-bachelormaster.bib}]{ifiseries}
 % <++PERHAPS CHANGE NAME OF BIBLIOGRAPHY RESOURCE ON LINE ABOVE++>
-\begin{document}
+% <++USE language=german IF YOUR DOCUMENT WILL BE IN GERMAN ++>
 
-% the language has to be selected before the title page is created
-\selectlanguage{english}
-%\selectlanguage{ngerman} % Falls Deutsch die Sprache der Wahl sein soll
+\begin{document}
 
 \frontmatter
+
 \studtitlepage%
 {<++TITLE++> \\[.1em]
 <++OVER TWO LINES++>}%