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<title>UK TeX FAQ -- question label ltxabbrv</title>
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-<h3>LaTeX internal &ldquo;abbreviations&rdquo;, etc.</h3>
+<h3>LaTeX internal &#8220;abbreviations&#8221;, etc.</h3>
<p/>In the deeps of time, when TeX first happened, computers had
-extremely limited memory, and were (by today&rsquo;s standards) painfully
-slow. When LaTeX came along, things weren&rsquo;t much better, and even
+extremely limited memory, and were (by today&#8217;s standards) painfully
+slow. When LaTeX came along, things weren&#8217;t much better, and even
when LaTeX2e appeared, there was a strong imperative to save memory
space (and to a lesser extent) CPU time.
<p/>From the very earliest days, Knuth used shortcut macros to speed
-things up. LaTeX, over the years, has extended Knuth&rsquo;s list by a
-substantial amount. An interesting feature of the &ldquo;abbreviations&rdquo; is
+things up. LaTeX, over the years, has extended Knuth&#8217;s list by a
+substantial amount. An interesting feature of the &#8220;abbreviations&#8221; is
that on paper, they may look longer than the thing they stand for;
-however, to (La)TeX they <em>feel</em> smaller&hellip;
+however, to (La)TeX they <em>feel</em> smaller&#8230;
<p/>The table at the end of this answer lists the commonest of these
-&ldquo;abbreviations&rdquo;. It is not complete; as always, if the table
-doesn&rsquo;t help, try the LaTeX source. The table lists each
-abbreviation&rsquo;s <em>name</em> and its <em>value</em>, which provide most of
-what a user needs to know. The table also lists the abbreviation&rsquo;s
+&#8220;abbreviations&#8221;. It is not complete; as always, if the table
+doesn&#8217;t help, try the LaTeX source. The table lists each
+abbreviation&#8217;s <em>name</em> and its <em>value</em>, which provide most of
+what a user needs to know. The table also lists the abbreviation&#8217;s
<em>type</em>, which is a trickier concept: if you need to know, the
-only real confusion is that the abbreviations labelled &lsquo;defn&rsquo; are
+only real confusion is that the abbreviations labelled &#8216;defn&#8217; are
defined using an <code>\</code><code><em>xxx</code>def</em> command.
<p/><table rules="groups" border="0" cellpadding="3"><tbody><tr><td>
Name <td> Type <td> Value <tr><td>
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ Name <td> Type <td> Value <tr><td>
<code>\</code><code>@xxpt</code> <td> macro <td> 20.74 <tr><td>
<code>\</code><code>@xxvpt</code> <td> macro <td> 24.88 <tr><td>
</tbody><tbody><tr><td>
-<code>\</code><code>@plus</code> <td> macro <td> &ldquo;<code>plus</code>&rdquo; <tr><td>
-<code>\</code><code>@minus</code> <td> macro <td> &ldquo;<code>minus</code>&rdquo; <tr><td>
+<code>\</code><code>@plus</code> <td> macro <td> &#8220;<code>plus</code>&#8221; <tr><td>
+<code>\</code><code>@minus</code> <td> macro <td> &#8220;<code>minus</code>&#8221; <tr><td>
</tbody></table>
<p/><p>This question on the Web: <a href="http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=ltxabbrv">http://www.tex.ac.uk/cgi-bin/texfaq2html?label=ltxabbrv</a>