Take the 2-minute tour ×  I want to achieve the following. I
have an acronym in English like LED and want to display in the
text the German name  Blabbla bla Licht emittierende Diode (LED)
bla bla blabla.,  and in the glossary the English  LED engl.
Light-emitting diode.  There is the possibility to define a long
and short form acronym with the acronym package:
\acro{<acronym>}[<short name>]{<full name>}  Can I use this to
print only the short name (engl. Light-emitting diode) in the
glossary and using \acf{<acronym>} in the text to print the full
name?  share|improve this question No, the short name is LED.
The acro package allows you to add extra information to the list
of acronyms. –  cgnieder Jan 30 '13 at 7:40 So is it preferable
to use the acro package instead of the acronym package? –  Reza
Jan 30 '13 at 8:17 I wouldn't say that in general. Depends on
what you need. You should have a look at the documentation and
then decide for yourself. –  cgnieder Jan 30 '13 at 8:19 add
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