Cite Glossary entry in another glossary entry

[FreezeManny]

Hello glossarium Team,
I ran into an issue with my current glossarium setup.
My setup consists of a separate List for abbreviations and for glossary entries. (to separate Acronyms and Glossary prints)

#let abbreviation-list = (
  (key: "MRR", long: "Mid Range Radar"),
  (key: "CAN", long: "Controller Area Network"),
)

#let glossary-list = (
  (
    key: "node",
    short: "node",
    description: [individual participant in a @CAN network, such as a control unit or sensor],
  ),
)

As you can see I am using the @can from the abbreviations in the glossary-list.
BUT: This only works half expected. If @can is not used anywhere else in the text, the abbreviation entry does not appear.
Now for the even bigger Issue: A #gls("CAN") or #gls() cannot be used as this causes a "layout did not converge within X attempts" Error.
A UseCase would be, that with the #gls function more commands can be specified.

Greetings

[quachpas]

Hello @FreezeManny , if possible can you provide a minimal reproduction code for that error?

[FreezeManny]

main.typ

#import "@preview/glossarium:0.5.6": make-glossary, register-glossary, print-glossary

#import "abbrev_glossary.typ": glossary-list, abbreviation-list

#show: make-glossary
#register-glossary(glossary-list)
#register-glossary(abbreviation-list)


= Abbreviations
#print-glossary(abbreviation-list, disable-back-references: true)

#line(length: 100%)

Hello World, this is an epic @Flea 4+!
@CAN

#line(length: 100%)

= Glossary
#print-glossary(glossary-list, disable-back-references: true)

glossary.typ

#import "@preview/glossarium:0.5.6": make-glossary, register-glossary, print-glossary, gls, glspl

#let abbreviation-list = (
  (key: "CAN", long: "Controller Area Network"),
  (key: "GNSS", long: "Global Navigation Satellite System"),
  (key: "LTE", long: "Long Term Evolution"),
)

#let glossary-list = (
  (
    key: "Flea",
    short: "Flea",
    description: [The Flea 4+ is a compact automotive telematics platform from _CarMedialab_ featuring a multi-core ARM processor, embedded Linux Operating System, and integrated sensors (gyroscope, accelerometer, magnetometer) for data acquisition and positioning. It supports multiple automotive interfaces (@CAN, Automotive Ethernet, DoIP), wireless connectivity (@LTE, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth), and multi-#gls("GNSS", long: false) with dead reckoning. The system is designed for vehicle diagnostics, measurement, and data collection under demanding environmental conditions.],
  ),
)

As you can see, the @can Link is working, and displayed, but only because it was also referenced in the text.
The @LTe Link links to the first glossary print (#print-glossary(abbreviation-list)) but is not displayed there.

The #gls("GNSS", long: false) is still displayed, but it continues to stay long, BUT: now there is an error in the main.typ:

layout did not converge within 5 attempts
Hint: check if any states or queries are updating themselvestypst

[quachpas]

Recursive calls to glossary entries in the description is not working very well ATM.

I have removed the divergence issue by allowing the refrule by default (calls like @CAN) to "not update" entries from print-glossary, but I seem to have forgotten to do it for gls, etc.

The fact that it is not printed to glossary is expected behaviour as far as I am concerned because they any usage inside the glossary itself does not count.

We can discuss about this, but I'm afraid that implementing any sort of updating from the description would result in a recursive mess with divergence issues.

[quachpas]

Notes: the core issue stems from the fact that glossarium relies on a stateful usage check is-first(key).

1. Calling the reference from the main document @key triggers a state check and updates accordingly
2. Printing the glossary depends on the final state the counts
3. A glossary reference in the description relies on the stateful counts.
4. rinse and repeat into divergence

I'll bump this from 0.5.9, and look at it again at some point later on

[ToppDev]

I use only gls-short and gls("...", update: false) when doing references from one entry to another.
At least for me that solved the "layout did not converge within X attempts" error. More like a workaround than a real solution though

[quachpas]

Yes, that's actually the only way I know of to avoid updating or depending on the internal state. I'm not quite happy with this. I'll try changing the way I'm counting the refs and see how it goes