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Talbot</span> +<br /> <span +class="cmr-12">Dickimaw Books</span> +<br /><a +href="http://www.dickimaw-books.com/" class="url" ><span +class="cmtt-12">http://www.dickimaw-books.com/</span></a></div><br /> +<div class="date" ><span +class="cmr-12">2015-09-09</span></div> + </div> + <h3 class="likesectionHead"><a + id="x1-1000"></a>Contents</h3> + <div class="tableofcontents"> + <span class="sectionToc" >1 <a +href="#sec:intro" id="QQ2-1-2">Introduction</a></span> +<br /> <span class="sectionToc" >2 <a +href="#sec:makefirstuc" id="QQ2-1-3">Capitalising a Word</a></span> +<br /> <span class="sectionToc" >3 <a +href="#sec:capitalisewords" id="QQ2-1-4">Capitalise Each Word in a Phrase or Sentence (Title Case)</a></span> +<br /> <span class="sectionToc" >4 <a +href="#sec:utf8" id="QQ2-1-5">UTF-8</a></span> + </div> +<!--l. 33--><p class="noindent" > +</p> +<!--l. 33--><p class="noindent" ><a +href="#top">Top</a><h2 class="sectionHead"></p><h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">1 </span> <a + id="sec:intro"></a>Introduction</h3> +<!--l. 36--><p class="noindent" >The <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc </span>package was originally part of the <span +class="cmss-10">glossaries </span>bundle for use with commands +like <span +class="cmtt-10">\Gls</span>, but as the commands provided by <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc </span>may be used without <span +class="cmss-10">glossaries</span>, +the two have been split into separately maintained packages. +</p><!--l. 42--><p class="noindent" > +</p> +<!--l. 42--><p class="noindent" ><a +href="#top">Top</a><h2 class="sectionHead"></p><h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">2 </span> <a + id="sec:makefirstuc"></a>Capitalising a Word</h3> +<!--l. 45--><p class="noindent" >A simple word can be capitalised just using the standard <span class="LATEX">L<span class="A">A</span><span class="TEX">T<span +class="E">E</span>X</span></span> upper casing +command. For example, + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-1"> +\MakeUppercase word +</div> +<!--l. 49--><p class="nopar" > but for commands like <span +class="cmtt-10">\Gls </span>the word may be embedded within the argument of +another command, such as a font changing command. This makes things more +complicated for a general purpose solution, so the <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc </span>package provides: +</p><!--l. 54--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\makefirstuc</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-3001"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 56--><p class="noindent" > +This makes the first object of ⟨<span +class="cmti-10">stuff </span>⟩ upper case unless ⟨<span +class="cmti-10">stuff </span>⟩ starts with a control +sequence followed by a non-empty group, in which case the first object in +the group is converted to upper case. <span +class="cmbx-10">No expansion is performed on the</span> +<span +class="cmbx-10">argument.</span> +</p><!--l. 63--><p class="indent" > <div class="important" title="Important Note"> If ⟨<span +class="cmti-10">stuff </span>⟩ starts with a control sequence that takes more than one argument, the +case-changing will always be applied to the <span +class="cmti-10">first </span>argument. If the text that requires the +case change is in one of the other arguments, you must hide the earlier arguments in a +wrapper command. For example, instead of <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\color{red}{text}</span></span></span> you need to define, +say, <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\red</span></span></span> as <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\color{red}</span></span></span> and use <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\red{text}</span></span></span>. </div> +</p><!--l. 71--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 73--><p class="indent" > Examples: </p> + <ul class="itemize1"> + <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{abc}</span></span></span> produces Abc. + </li> + <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{\emph{abc}}</span></span></span> produces <span +class="cmti-10">Abc </span>(<span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span><a + id="dx1-3002"></a> has been applied to + the letter “a” rather than <span +class="cmtt-10">\emph</span>). Note however that + + + + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-2"> + \makefirstuc{{\em abc}} +</div> + <!--l. 82--><p class="nopar" > produces <span +class="cmti-10">ABC </span>(first object is <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">{\em</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> abc}</span></span></span> so this is equivalent to + <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase{\em</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> abc}</span></span></span>), and + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-3"> + {\makefirstuc{\em abc}} +</div> + <!--l. 87--><p class="nopar" > produces abc (<span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\em</span></span></span> doesn’t have an argument therefore first object is <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\em</span></span></span> and so + is equivalent to <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">{\MakeUppercase{\em}abc}</span></span></span>). + </p></li> + <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{{\’a}bc}</span></span></span> produces Ábc. + </li> + <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{\ae</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> bc}</span></span></span> produces Æbc. + </li> + <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{{\ae}bc}</span></span></span> produces Æbc. + </li> + <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">ä</span><span +class="cmtt-10">}bc}</span></span></span> produces Äbc. + </li></ul> +<!--l. 101--><p class="noindent" >Note that non-Latin or accented characters appearing at the start of the text must be +placed in a group (even if you are using the <span +class="cmss-10">inputenc</span><a + id="dx1-3003"></a> package). The reason for this +restriction is detailed in <a +href="#sec:utf8"><span +class="cmsy-10">§</span>4 </a><a +href="#sec:utf8">UTF-8<!--tex4ht:ref: sec:utf8 --></a>. +</p><!--l. 106--><p class="indent" > <div class="important" title="Important Note"> In version 1.02 of <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc</span>, a bug fix resulted in a change in output if the first +object is a control sequence followed by an empty group. Prior to version 1.02, +<span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{\ae{}bc}</span></span></span> produced æBc. However as from version 1.02, it now produces +Æbc. </div> +</p><!--l. 112--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 114--><p class="indent" > Note also that + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-4"> +\newcommand{\abc}{abc} + <br />\makefirstuc{\abc} +</div> +<!--l. 118--><p class="nopar" > produces: ABC. This is because the first object in the argument of <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc </span>is +<span +class="cmtt-10">\abc</span>, so it does <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase{\abc}</span></span></span>. Whereas: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-5"> +\newcommand{\abc}{abc} + <br />\expandafter\makefirstuc\expandafter{\abc} +</div> +<!--l. 125--><p class="nopar" > produces: Abc. There is a short cut command which will do this: +</p><!--l. 127--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\xmakefirstuc</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-3004"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\xmakefirstuc{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 129--><p class="noindent" > +This is equivalent to <span +class="cmtt-10">\expandafter\makefirstuc\expandafter{</span>⟨<span +class="cmti-10">stuff </span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">}</span>. So + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-6"> +\newcommand{\abc}{abc} + <br />\xmakefirstuc{\abc} +</div> +<!--l. 134--><p class="nopar" > produces: Abc. +</p><!--l. 139--><p class="indent" > <div class="important" title="Important Note"> <span +class="cmtt-10">\xmakefirstuc </span>only performs one level expansion on the <span +class="cmti-10">first </span>object in its +argument. It does not fully expand the entire argument. </div> +</p><!--l. 143--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 145--><p class="indent" > As from version 1.10, there is now a command that fully expands the entire +argument before applying <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc</span>: +</p><!--l. 147--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\emakefirstuc</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-3005"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\emakefirstuc{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">text</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 149--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 151--><p class="indent" > Examples: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-7"> +\newcommand{\abc}{\xyz a} + <br />\newcommand{\xyz}{xyz} + <br />No expansion: \makefirstuc{\abc}. + <br />First object one-level expansion: \xmakefirstuc{\abc}. + <br />Fully expanded: \emakefirstuc{\abc}. +</div> +<!--l. 158--><p class="nopar" > produces: No expansion: XYZA. First object one-level expansion: XYZa. Fully +expanded: Xyza. +</p><!--l. 166--><p class="indent" > If you use <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc </span>without the <span +class="cmss-10">glossaries</span><a + id="dx1-3006"></a> package, the standard <span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span> +command is used. If used with <span +class="cmss-10">glossaries</span><a + id="dx1-3007"></a>, <span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeTextUppercase</span><a + id="dx1-3008"></a> (defined by the <span +class="cmss-10">textcase</span><a + id="dx1-3009"></a> +package) is used instead. If you are using <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc </span>without the <span +class="cmss-10">glossaries </span>package and +want to use <span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeTextUppercase</span><a + id="dx1-3010"></a> instead, you can redefine +</p><!--l. 172--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\glsmakefirstuc</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-3011"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\glsmakefirstuc{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">text</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 174--><p class="noindent" > +For example: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-8"> +\renewcommand{\glsmakefirstuc}[1]{\MakeTextUppercase #1} +</div> +<!--l. 178--><p class="nopar" > Remember to also load <span +class="cmss-10">textcase</span><a + id="dx1-3012"></a> (<span +class="cmss-10">glossaries </span>loads this automatically). +</p><!--l. 182--><p class="noindent" > +</p> +<!--l. 182--><p class="noindent" ><a +href="#top">Top</a><h2 class="sectionHead"></p><h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">3 </span> <a + id="sec:capitalisewords"></a>Capitalise Each Word in a Phrase or Sentence (Title Case)</h3> +<!--l. 185--><p class="noindent" >New to mfirstuc v1.06: +</p><!--l. 186--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\capitalisewords</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-4001"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\capitalisewords{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">text</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 188--><p class="noindent" > +This command apply <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc</span><a + id="dx1-4002"></a> to each word in ⟨<span +class="cmti-10">text</span>⟩ where the space character is +used as the word separator. Note that it has to be a plain space character, not another +form of space, such as <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">~</span></span></span> or <span +class="cmtt-10">\space</span>. Note that no expansion is performed on +⟨<span +class="cmti-10">text</span>⟩. +</p><!--l. 195--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\xcapitalisewords</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-4003"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\xcapitalisewords{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">text</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 197--><p class="noindent" > +This is a short cut for <span +class="cmtt-10">\expandafter\capitalisewords\expandafter{</span>⟨<span +class="cmti-10">text</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">}</span>. +</p><!--l. 201--><p class="indent" > As from version 1.10, there is now a command that fully expands the entire +argument before applying <span +class="cmtt-10">\capitalisewords</span>: +</p><!--l. 203--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\ecapitalisewords</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-4004"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\ecapitalisewords{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">text</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 205--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 207--><p class="indent" > Examples: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-9"> +\newcommand{\abc}{\xyz\space four five} + <br />\newcommand{\xyz}{one two three} + <br />No expansion: \capitalisewords{\abc}. + <br />First object one-level expansion: \xcapitalisewords{\abc}. + <br />Fully expanded: \ecapitalisewords{\abc}. +</div> +<!--l. 214--><p class="nopar" > produces: No expansion: ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE. First object one-level +expansion: ONE TWO THREE four Five. Fully expanded: One Two Three Four +Five. +</p><!--l. 222--><p class="indent" > (Remember that the spaces need to be explicit. In the second case above, using +<span +class="cmtt-10">\xcapitalisewords</span>, the space before “four” has been hidden within <span +class="cmtt-10">\space </span>so it’s not +recognised as a word boundary, but in the third case, <span +class="cmtt-10">\space </span>has been expanded to an +actual space character.) +</p><!--l. 228--><p class="indent" > <div class="important" title="Important Note"> If you are using <span +class="cmss-10">hyperref</span><a + id="dx1-4005"></a> and want to use <span +class="cmtt-10">\capitalisewords </span>or <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc</span><a + id="dx1-4006"></a> (or +the expanded variants) in a section heading, the PDF bookmarks won’t be able to use +the command as it’s not expandable, so you will get a warning that looks +like: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-10"> +Package hyperref Warning: Token not allowed in a PDF string + <br />(PDFDocEncoding): + <br />(hyperref)                removing ‘\capitalisewords’ +</div> +<!--l. 237--><p class="nopar" > If you want to provide an alternative for the PDF bookmark, you can use +<span +class="cmss-10">hyperref</span><a + id="dx1-4007"></a>’s <span +class="cmtt-10">\texorpdfstring</span><a + id="dx1-4008"></a> command. See the <span +class="cmss-10">hyperref</span><a + id="dx1-4009"></a> manual for further details. +</div> +</p><!--l. 241--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 243--><p class="indent" > Examples: + </p><ol class="enumerate1" > + <li + class="enumerate" id="x1-4011x1"> + + + + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-11"> + \capitalisewords{a book of rhyme.} +</div> + <!--l. 248--><p class="nopar" > produces: A Book Of Rhyme. + </p></li> + <li + class="enumerate" id="x1-4013x2"> + + + + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-12"> + \capitalisewords{a book\space of rhyme.} +</div> + <!--l. 255--><p class="nopar" > produces: A Book of Rhyme. + </p></li> + <li + class="enumerate" id="x1-4015x3"> + + + + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-13"> + \newcommand{\mytitle}{a book\space of rhyme.} +  <br />\capitalisewords{\mytitle} +</div> + <!--l. 263--><p class="nopar" > produces: A BOOK OF RHYME. (No expansion is performed on <span +class="cmtt-10">\mytitle</span>.) + Compare with next example: + </p></li> + <li + class="enumerate" id="x1-4017x4"> + + + + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-14"> + \newcommand{\mytitle}{a book\space of rhyme.} +  <br />\xcapitalisewords{\mytitle} +</div> + <!--l. 273--><p class="nopar" > produces: A Book of Rhyme. + </p><!--l. 277--><p class="noindent" >However + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-15"> + \ecapitalisewords{\mytitle} +</div> + <!--l. 280--><p class="nopar" > produces: A Book Of Rhyme. +</p> + </li></ol> +<!--l. 286--><p class="indent" > As from v1.09, you can specify words which shouldn’t be capitalised unless they +occur at the start of ⟨<span +class="cmti-10">text</span>⟩ using: +</p><!--l. 288--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\MFUnocap</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-4018"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\MFUnocap{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">word</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 290--><p class="noindent" > +This only has a local effect. The global version is: +</p><!--l. 292--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\gMFUnocap</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-4019"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\gMFUnocap{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">word</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">} </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 294--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 296--><p class="indent" > For example: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-16"> +\capitalisewords{the wind in the willows} + <br />\MFUnocap{in}% + <br />\MFUnocap{the}% + <br />\capitalisewords{the wind in the willows} +</div> +<!--l. 304--><p class="nopar" > produces: <spacer type=vertical size=10><span class="obeylines-h"> + <br />The Wind In The Willows + <br />The Wind in the Willows + <br /><spacer type=vertical size=10></span> +The list of words that shouldn’t be capitalised can be cleared using +</p><!--l. 315--><p class="indent" > <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span +class="cmtt-9">\MFUclear</span><span +class="cmtt-9"> </span></span><a + id="dx1-4020"></a> <span +class="cmtt-10">\MFUclear </span></div><hr> +</p><!--l. 317--><p class="noindent" > +</p><!--l. 319--><p class="indent" > The package <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc-english</span><a + id="dx1-4021"></a> loads <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc</span><a + id="dx1-4022"></a> and uses <span +class="cmtt-10">\MFUnocap </span>to add common +English articles and conjunctions, such as “a”, “an”, “and”, “but”. You may want to +add other words to this list, such as prepositions, but as there’s some dispute over +whether prepositions should be capitalised, I don’t intend to add them to this +package. +</p><!--l. 326--><p class="indent" > If you want to write a similar package for another language, all you need to do is +create a file with the extension <span +class="cmtt-10">.sty </span>that starts with + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-17"> +\NeedsTeXFormat{LaTeX2e} +</div> +<!--l. 331--><p class="nopar" > The next line should identify the package. For example, if you have called the file +<span +class="cmtt-10">mfirstuc-french.sty </span>then you need: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-18"> +\ProvidesPackage{mfirstuc-french} +</div> +<!--l. 336--><p class="nopar" > It’s a good idea to also add a version in the final optional argument, for example: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-19"> +\ProvidesPackage{mfirstuc-french}[2014/07/30 v1.0] +</div> +<!--l. 341--><p class="nopar" > Next load <span +class="cmss-10">mfirstuc</span><a + id="dx1-4023"></a>: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-20"> +\RequirePackage{mfirstuc} +</div> +<!--l. 345--><p class="nopar" > Now add all your <span +class="cmtt-10">\MFUnocap </span>commands. For example: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-21"> +\MFUnocap{de} +</div> +<!--l. 349--><p class="nopar" > At the end of the file add: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-22"> +\endinput +</div> +<!--l. 353--><p class="nopar" > +</p><!--l. 355--><p class="indent" > Put the file somewhere on <span class="TEX">T<span +class="E">E</span>X</span>’s path, and now you can use this package in your +document. You might also consider uploading it to CTAN in case other users find it +useful. +</p><!--l. 359--><p class="noindent" > +</p> +<!--l. 359--><p class="noindent" ><a +href="#top">Top</a><h2 class="sectionHead"></p><h3 class="sectionHead"><span class="titlemark">4 </span> <a + id="sec:utf8"></a>UTF-8</h3> +<!--l. 362--><p class="noindent" >The <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc </span>command works by utilizing the fact that, in most cases, +<span class="TEX">T<span +class="E">E</span>X</span> doesn’t require a regular argument to be enclosed in braces if it only consists of a +single token. (This is why you can do, say, <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\frac12</span></span></span> instead of <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\frac{1}{2}</span></span></span> or <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">x^2</span></span></span> +instead of <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">x^{2}</span></span></span>, although some users frown on this practice.) +</p><!--l. 369--><p class="indent" > A simplistic version of the <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc </span>command is: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-23"> +\newcommand*{\FirstUC}[1]{\MakeUppercase #1} +</div> +<!--l. 372--><p class="nopar" > Here + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-24"> +\FirstUC{abc} +</div> +<!--l. 376--><p class="nopar" > is equivalent to + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-25"> +\MakeUppercase abc +</div> +<!--l. 380--><p class="nopar" > and since <span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase </span>requires an argument, it grabs the first token (the +character “a” in this case) and uses that as the argument so that the result is: +Abc. +</p><!--l. 385--><p class="indent" > The <span +class="cmss-10">glossaries</span><a + id="dx1-5001"></a> package needs to take into account the fact that the text may be +contained in the argument of a formatting command, such as <span +class="cmtt-10">\acronymfont</span>, so +<span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc </span>has to be more complicated than the trivial <span +class="cmtt-10">\FirstUC </span>shown above, but +at its basic level, <span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc </span>uses this same method and is the reason why, +in most cases, you don’t need to enclose the first character in braces. So if +</p><div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> </span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩ +</div> +</div> works, then <div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">}</span> +</div> +</div> should also work and so should <div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">\foo{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">}</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +</div> +</div> but if <div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> </span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩ +</div> +</div> doesn’t work, then neither will <div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">}</span> + + + +</div> +</div> nor <div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">\foo{</span>⟨<span +class="cmitt-10">stuff</span>⟩<span +class="cmtt-10">}</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +</div> +</div> +<!--l. 417--><p class="indent" > Try the following document: </p><div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\documentclass</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">article</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\usepackage[utf8]</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">inputenc</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\usepackage[T1]</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">fontenc</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\begin</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">document</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> </span><span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span><span +class="cmtt-10">bc</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\end</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">document</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +</div> +</div> +<!--l. 431--><p class="indent" > This will result in the error: + + + +</p> + <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-26"> +! Argument of \UTFviii@two@octets has an extra }. +</div> +<!--l. 434--><p class="nopar" > This is why <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc{</span></span></span><span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span><span +class="cmtt-10">bc</span><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">}</span></span></span> won’t work. It will only work if the character <span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span> is +placed inside a group. +</p><!--l. 439--><p class="indent" > The reason for this error message is due to <span class="TEX">T<span +class="E">E</span>X</span> having been written before +Unicode was invented. Although <span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span> may look like a single character in your text editor, +from <span class="TEX">T<span +class="E">E</span>X</span>’s point of view it’s <span +class="cmti-10">two </span>tokens. So </p><div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> </span><span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span><span +class="cmtt-10">bc</span> +</div> +</div> tries to apply <span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase </span>to just the first octet of ã. This means that the second +octet has been separated from the first octet, which is the cause of the error. In this +case the argument isn’t a single token, so the two tokens (the first and second octet of +ã) must be grouped: <div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span><span +class="cmtt-10">bc</span> +</div> +</div> +<!--l. 455--><p class="indent" > Note that XeTeX (and therefore XeLaTeX) is a modern implementation of +<span class="TEX">T<span +class="E">E</span>X</span> designed to work with Unicode and therefore doesn’t suffer from this +drawback. Now let’s look at the XeLaTeX equivalent of the above example: +</p><div class="alltt"> +<div class="obeylines-v"> +<span +class="cmtt-10">\documentclass</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">article</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\usepackage</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">fontspec</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\begin</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">document</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\MakeUppercase</span><span +class="cmtt-10"> </span><span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span><span +class="cmtt-10">bc</span> +<br /> +<br /><span +class="cmtt-10">\end</span><span +class="cmsy-10">{</span><span +class="cmtt-10">document</span><span +class="cmsy-10">}</span> +</div> +</div> + + + +<!--l. 471--><p class="indent" > This works correctly when compiled with XeLaTeX. This means that +<span +class="cmtt-10">\makefirstuc</span><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">{</span></span></span><span +class="cmtt-10">ã</span><span +class="cmtt-10">bc</span><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span +class="cmtt-10">}</span></span></span> will work <span +class="cmti-10">provided you use XeLaTeX</span><span +class="cmti-10"> and the </span><span +class="cmssi-10">fontspec</span><a + id="dx1-5002"></a> +<span +class="cmti-10">package</span>. +</p> + +</body></html> + + + + |