Questions tagged [xspace]
{xspace} is a command (provided by the package of the same name) that inserts a space if and only if the space is followed by punctuation. This is one of several techniques to deal with TeX's habit to "eat" spaces after macros without arguments.
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Replacement for \xspace with expl3
I have heard more than once that \xspace should not be used and does not work reliable.
To find a better solution I have found xpeek and tried to use the example give in the documentation.
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How to prevent xspace creating a space between my macro and a trailing single 's' character?
I have defined a macro like that: \newcommand{\code}[1]{\texttt{#1}\xspace}
In some situations, I'd like to write the plural of some object and the trailing (plural) 's'-character should not be marked ...
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End-of-sentence space after \dots or \ldots or … with Xetex or Luatex
I do not understand how to type what we call in French points de suspension at the end of a sentence, like this...
I would like to create an \endldots command.
How could I redefine \ldots so that it ...
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LuaTeX strings and xspace
I am using lua code to automate recording todos that come up during meetings I take minutes of. For this I use \luastringN from the luacode package currently. However, I would like to have all the '...
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How to embed \choices in tabular in exam class?
Similar to the question: Exam class multiple choice answers in table format,
I'm trying to embed the \choices into a table format and looking like a table.
\documentclass[11pt]{exam}
\usepackage{...
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Using abbreviation commands in glosses
The package xspace allows for the definition of abbreviations like \NOM:
\newcommand{\NOM}{\textsc{nom}\xspace}
\xspace makes it possible to use \NOMin the text without a {}following the \NOM. ...
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Why not using xspace [duplicate]
I often read that one should not use xspace package, but why? Can someone give an example of problems caused?
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Adding {} at the end of a command vs xspace
I have read the answers to
Space after LaTeX commands
but the alternative that I currently use is not mentioned:
\newcommand{\arnold}{Arnold Schwarzenegger{}}
which of course is less typing and ...
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Naming a section with filename
I am making quite a big document that will be worked on by many paople. We have therefore decided to divide the project by importing every section by it self as shown below.
\import{Sections/}{Test}
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adaptive math newcommand for indices
I have defined a command to add a star as the power to the input variable.
It has to be in an adaptive way that if the input has indices, star is added to the main parameter and not the whole input.
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xspace appearing where it shouldn't be
In this example
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\Tt}{\ensuremath{t}}
\begin{document}
We study \Tt as single items.
\end{document}
I have defined a \newcommand \Tt where I use \ensuremath so that ...
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Why doesn't \xspace always insert a following space when that is expected?
In the MWE, \xspace correctly inserts a space in the first test of \foo, but not in the second test when it is followed by an en-dash.
Is there a fix for this?
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{...
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How to use \xspace with chemmacros Latin phrases
I would like to add \xspace to the Latin phrases of the chemmacros package because I don't want to use \ or {} at the end of commands without arguments.
However, when I try to define a new Latin ...
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Custom command with space and following punctuation?
I want to write a custom command to produce a species name but I am having trouble getting it to work with punctuations.
The specifications for my desired output are:
Text in italic font
No ...
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Add space before \to iff preceding "[" [duplicate]
How can I automatically have a space added before \to iff there is a [ before it?
It's just that
$f\colon]a;b[\to[c;d]$
looks awfully bad...
Thanks!
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Prevent xspace from inserting white space at beginning of line
Short: Is there a way to prevent \xspace from inserting white space if it is at the beginning of a line?
Long: I have defined several formatting macros for use in normal text. One of these (\indoubt)...
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Spacing in unusual `csquotes` style
I am currently transcribing and editing some old letters by an ancestor. In some letters he used quotation marks for quotes or titles (books, poems, songs etc.), but occasionally he forgot to set a ...
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\newline command like \xspace [closed]
i wanted to ask if there is in any package a \newline command that works like \xspace, to avoid the "there is no line to end here." error.
In fact i have a
\NewDocumentCommand{\Teo}{gmm}{\textbf{...
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How to specify a context-sensitive command that decides whether to insert a blank after a '.'?
I like a command that typesets i.e. with a half blank after the i. - i.e. i.\,e.
Now the tricky issue is what to include after the e..
The MWE contains a few commands that i would like to see ...
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Can I inject \xspace in all commands from the complexity package?
The complexity package is a very useful one for a Computer Scientist. Recently, I've discovered the xspace package, which provides the \xspace macro that helps defining macros that do not need the \ ...
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xspace failing with long hyphen (---)?
The xspace package fails when used together with ---:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage{xspace}
\begin{document}
\newcommand{\twosslvbf}{2 SS l (VBF)\xspace}
\twosslvbf is OK.
\twosslvbf --...
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xspace inserts a space when used inside \enquote
Am I wrong in thinking that \xspace should not introduce a space when used inside an \enquote command as used in the following MWE? And how can I get the two to work together?
\documentclass{article}
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Trying to get the spacing right after an expanded sequence [duplicate]
I've defined
\newcommand{\foo}[1]{\textbf{#1}}
\newcommand{\bar}{\foo{Bar}}
Now, when I compile
\bar tender --- tend your \bar.
I would like to get
Bar tender - tend your Bar.
but what I ...
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Using user defined commands in linguex without gobbling space
I use linguex together with own defined commands to get grammatical categories typeset in small-caps. For instance, I have \newcommand{\sg}{\textsc{sg}} to typeset the SG (=singular) gloss. This is ...
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soul for text highlighting, microtype for letterspacing, and xspace: incompatibility
I am trying to use soul for highlighting text and microtype for letter spacing (and other things). But I cannot get the two to work together nicely when I include xspace (I use this mainly for ...
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xspace leaves space in front of comment
I am confused by the behaviour of \xspace in combination with the \todo command. I didn't expect \xspace to leave a space when I cut off all spaces by a comment sign %. Usually this works as expected, ...
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xspace's spacing with siunitx macro does not work in math mode
To make life with LaTeX easier and faster (especially faster), I defined some macros in the preamble with the help of xspace. They work as intended in text mode, but fail in math mode.
How could I ...
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Acceptable use cases for xspace; When will it fail?
I have used xspace for a long time to take care of adding space after usage of some macros. Usually, it is with a macro to format a word consistently, as in:
\documentclass[]{article}
\usepackage{...
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Proper spacing with ellipsis and xspace
Really a simple enough question, but I haven't found an answer, so … is there any straightforward way of making the spacing adjustments of ellipsis.sty work with xspace? The package itself has an ...
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\AtBeginDocument breaks csquotes nesting - or \xspace won't add space [duplicate]
A couple of months ago, I asked this question because xspace wasn't adding whitespace before an active quote. The apparent solution was to add \AtBeginDocument. However, this breaks csquotes nesting ...
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\xspace doesn't add whitespace before quotes if they are active
I'm trying to get \xspace to add a whitespace before “ if it is an auto quote using csquotes. Here is an MWE:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[autostyle,german=guillemets]{csquotes}
\usepackage{...
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Combining dashes from babel with xspace
Assume we have some mathematical object that is used in formulae as well as in "natural" language (in my case, complexity classes). When defining a macro for such an object, I like to use \xspace so ...
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How to leave a space after an em-dash with xspace
I wish to have a space between and after my em-dashes as I do not like the english tradition to collate them to the nearest words.
xspace permits to leave spaces for macros but does not handle well ...
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How to properly define NOx
I'm writing a document containg NOx a lot. It appears in section titles, regular text and tables, in sans serif, roman, bold and medium. Therefore I defined a command:
\newcommand \nox {NO\...
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Where does TeXstudio store the .cwl files for hyperref and xspace?
TeXstudio uses .cwl files for storing information about which macros are defined by which packages, one file per package. This information is used for autocompletion suggestions and highlighting of ...
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How to prevent \xspace from adding a full space after a period?
I have a little macro that I use for doing adding an e.g. in my writing:
\newcommand{\eg}{\emph{e.g.}\xspace}
The problem I have is that LaTeX is treating the g. as the end of a sentence and is ...
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How to avoid having to use the tilde with every macro? [duplicate]
I am relatively new to LaTeX, so please bear with me.
I have just started using macros and finding them quite useful. However, I find myself having to use the tilde (~) a lot of times to get a space ...
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\xspace and hyphenation
I was considering to use xspace for some common standard terms in my document, like:
\newcommand{\ring}{my secret ring\xspace}
I am now wondering, if hyphenation gets it right, when I do this?
\...
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Drawbacks of xspace
I'm certain I have read that xspace can cause more problems than it solves. But I cannot find anything to that effect either on this site or the web. Are there any drawbacks or risks associated with ...
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Extra space after new command using xparse
I was trying to write a macro that could take either one of two arguments and produce different outputs for both cases. For that, I used to package xparse. Here is the macro I wrote:
\documentclass[...
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xspace doesn’t handle \,
When using a macro ending with an \xspace followed by a small space \, xspace inserts an extra (normal) space.
\documentclass[parskip=half]{scrartcl}
\usepackage{xspace}
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Abbreviations in math mode
I am trying to adapt Martin Scharrer's solution from Macros for common abbreviations to be able to use them in math mode. Yes I realize I am about to incur some criticism that I should just use \text{...
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How to prevent getting a space after an abbreviation using the abbrevs package?
If I use the abbrevs package and define a \newabbrev using the following code
\newabbrev\gb{Great Britain}
and use it in the following example (taken from the xspace package documentation):
\gb, a ...
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How do I get microtype's "outer spacing" to work with the xspace package?
Microtype adds extra space to the start and end of letterspaced text, configured via the \SetTracking command's "outer spacing" option. Unfortunately, xspace breaks this. For example, I define a few ...
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Defining \xthinspace: Thin space only if not followed by certain characters
Following this 2005 thread from the XeTeX list, I’ve defined a \spaceddash command and assigned it to the Unicode em-dash character U+2014 “—”:
\documentclass{minimal}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
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\xspace in combination with ifmmode
Sometimes I want a special font for the word "true", use it in mathmode as well as outside, and have a correct space afterwords if I am not in mathmode. Using
\newcommand{\tru}{\ifmmode {\text{\...
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Nested use of \xspace to not leave extra space
I have a feeling this is another of my questions that is going to be a "Duh!!" kind of answer, but I can't seem to figure out how to do this properly: I want to put a wrapper around a macro ...
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No space following macro without argument [duplicate]
With a macro such as:
\def\naive{na\"{\i}ve}
I find that the space which I would hope to follow it, is absent. So, with
the \naive approach
I get
the naïveapproach
in the output. How do I ...
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Problem with macro definition spaces of index and superscript
I have defined a command FZ for defining mathematical symbols:
\newcommand{\FZ}[1]{\textcolor{blue}{\ensuremath{#1}}\xspace}
I want to define a Symbol CV first and then create some variants with ...
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\newcommand and spacing
How can I define my own shorthand command, but making sure that the spacing afterwards is correct?
\newcommand{\abc}{\textsc{abc}} produces 'ABC,' but has the problem 'ABCmoretexthere' (i.e. no space ...
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