About \newcommand

[David Carlisle]

On Mon, 9 Aug 2021 at 23:46, Christopher Skeels
<Chris.Skeels at unimelb.edu.au> wrote:
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> I suspect that more flexibility can be gained using the xspace package and the associated xspace command in your \newcommand definition:

perhaps, but see
https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/86620/1090

David


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> \usepackage{xspace}
> \newcommand{\gnr}{\emph{género}\xspace}
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> On 10/8/21, 8:19 am, "texhax on behalf of Rolf Turner" <texhax-bounces+chris.skeels=unimelb.edu.au at tug.org on behalf of r.turner at auckland.ac.nz> wrote:
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>     On Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:45:36 +0000
>     Darío via texhax <texhax at tug.org> wrote:
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>     > Hello! I have written an article, and habitually I use \newcommand
>     > for some words commonly write and with emphasis. For example
>     > \newcommand{\gnr}{\emph{género}}, but the problem is when I call the
>     > command and then compile because in the pdf the word género appears
>     > together to the next word, ie: (in .tex file) Pl \gnr puede definirse
>     > .... (in .pdf file compiled) El géneropuede definirse .... (can not
>     > show emphatic word género) Also occur without emphatic or without
>     > LaTeX command. As you can see, appears together with the words género
>     > and puede, how can you do it to separate the words? Not works fine if
>     > I define \newcommand{\gnr}{\emph{género }}, ie with a space final
>     > because may occur that I write a comma or dot.
>     >
>     > Thanks a lot, regards!
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>     If I understand you correctly (always a dubious assumption in my case!
>     :-)) all you need to do is put "\ " after the "\gnr".  (That's
>     "backslash space"):
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>        \gnr\ puede definirse
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>     TeX/LaTex ignores spaces after a command name.  See [1], p. 53.
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>     cheers,
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>     Rolf Turner
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>     [1] Leslie Lamport.  LaTeX --- A Document Preparation System;
>     User's Guide and Reference Manual, second edition, Addison-Wesley,
>     Boston, 1994.
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