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author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-01-09 00:56:57 +0000 |
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committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2006-01-09 00:56:57 +0000 |
commit | f07bb53970ee2ecc53f81a206a3d3a67ef665e4a (patch) | |
tree | 6f57a1d62971db79e5ff023bdfd83b22cb971dc9 /Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/abbr | |
parent | 007f67a693e4d031fd3d792df8e4d5f43e2cb2e7 (diff) |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/abbr/README b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/abbr/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..4591aefc4d5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/abbr/README @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +abbr.tex is a file containing some simple macros to support +abbreviations in plain or latex. + +Usage example: + +===================================================================== +\input abbr + +\abbr{TEX}{\TeX}{TeX} +\abbr{LATEX}{\LaTeX}{LaTeX} +\abbr{TEX4HT}{\TeX4HT}{TeX4ht} +% more user-defined abbreviations here if needed + +I love \<TEX> and \<LATEX>, espciallly when I don't have to pay attention +whether to espace or not to espace a space after a \<TEX> control sequence. +I also love \<TEX4HT>, and when using it I prefer to have `TeX' and `LaTeX' +in the html output intead of `TEX' and 'LATEX'. Using abbr.tex also frees +me from having to remember whether I defined a \ControlSequence or +\controlsequence or \Controlsequence, and where. Anytime when I need to use +some abbreviation, I just write \<FOO> and if it's not defined, I add a new +definition to abbr.tex. It also saves a lot of typing, because in fact +what I type is not '\<FOO>' but 'foo' and some shortcut to turn it to +\<FOO>. +===================================================================== |