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<h2 class="titleHead">mfirstuc.sty v1.05: uppercasing first letter</h2>
           <div class="author" ><span 
class="ecrm-1200">Nicola L.C. Talbot</span>
<br />      <span 
class="ecrm-1200">School of Computing Sciences</span>
<br />        <span 
class="ecrm-1200">University of East Anglia</span>
<br />            <span 
class="ecrm-1200">Norwich. Norfolk</span>
<br />       <span 
class="ecrm-1200">NR4 7TJ. United Kingdom.</span>
<br /><a 
href="http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/" class="url" ><span 
class="ectt-1200">http://theoval.cmp.uea.ac.uk/~nlct/</span></a></div><br />
<div class="date" ><span 
class="ecrm-1200">2011-04-02</span></div>
   </div>
<!--l. 27--><p class="indent" >   The <span 
class="ecss-1000">glossaries </span>bundle is supplied with the package <span 
class="ecss-1000">mfirstuc</span><a 
 id="dx1-2"></a> which provides the
command:
</p><!--l. 29--><p class="indent" >   <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span 
class="ectt-0900">\makefirstuc</span><span 
class="ectt-0900">&#x00A0;</span></span><a 
 id="dx1-3"></a> <span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{</span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E8;</span><span 
class="ecti-1000">stuff </span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E9;</span><span 
class="ectt-1000">} </span></div><hr>
</p><!--l. 31--><p class="noindent" >
This makes the first object of <span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E8;</span><span 
class="ecti-1000">stuff </span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E9; </span>uppercase unless <span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E8;</span><span 
class="ecti-1000">stuff </span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E9; </span>starts with a control
sequence followed by a non-empty group, in which case the first object in the group is
converted to uppercase. Examples: </p>
     <ul class="itemize1">
     <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{abc}</span></span></span> produces Abc.
     </li>
     <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{\emph{abc}}</span></span></span> produces <span 
class="ecti-1000">Abc </span>(<span 
class="ectt-1000">\MakeUppercase</span><a 
 id="dx1-4"></a> has been applied to
     the letter &#8220;a&#8221; rather than <span 
class="ectt-1000">\emph</span>). Note however that
                                                                    

                                                                    
     <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-1">
     \makefirstuc{{\em&#x00A0;abc}}
</div>
     <!--l. 44--><p class="nopar" > produces <span 
class="ecti-1000">ABC </span>(first object is <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">{\em</span><span 
class="ectt-1000">&#x00A0;abc}</span></span></span> so equivalent to <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\MakeUppercase{\em</span><span 
class="ectt-1000">&#x00A0;abc}</span></span></span>),
     and
                                                                    

                                                                    
</p>
     <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-2">
     {\makefirstuc{\em&#x00A0;abc}}
</div>
     <!--l. 49--><p class="nopar" > produces abc (<span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\em</span></span></span> doesn&#8217;t have an argument therefore first object is <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\em</span></span></span> so
     equivalent to <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">{\MakeUppercase{\em}abc}</span></span></span>).
     </p></li>
     <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{{\&#8217;a}bc}</span></span></span> produces �bc.
     </li>
     <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{\ae</span><span 
class="ectt-1000">&#x00A0;bc}</span></span></span> produces �bc.
     </li>
     <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{{\ae}bc}</span></span></span> produces �bc.
     </li>
     <li class="itemize"><span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{{</span><span 
class="ectt-1000">�}bc}</span></span></span> produces �bc.
     </li></ul>
<!--l. 63--><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="ecss-1000">inputenc</span><a 
 id="dx1-5"></a> package) due to expansion
issues.
</p><!--l. 67--><p class="indent" >   <div class="important" title="Important Note"> In version 1.02 of <span 
class="ecss-1000">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="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc{\ae{}bc}</span></span></span> produced �Bc. However as from version 1.02, it now produces
�bc. </div>
</p><!--l. 73--><p class="noindent" >
</p><!--l. 75--><p class="indent" >   Note also that
                                                                    

                                                                    
</p>
   <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-3">
\newcommand{\abc}{abc}
&#x00A0;<br />\makefirstuc{\abc}
</div>
<!--l. 79--><p class="nopar" > produces: ABC. This is because the first object in the argument of <span 
class="ectt-1000">\makefirstuc </span>is
<span 
class="ectt-1000">\abc</span>, so it does <span class="obeylines-h"><span class="verb"><span 
class="ectt-1000">\MakeUppercase{\abc}</span></span></span>. Whereas:
                                                                    

                                                                    
</p>
   <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-4">
\newcommand{\abc}{abc}
&#x00A0;<br />\expandafter\makefirstuc\expandafter{\abc}
</div>
<!--l. 86--><p class="nopar" > produces: Abc. There is a short cut command which will do this:
</p><!--l. 88--><p class="indent" >   <hr><div title="Definition"><span class="marginpar"><span 
class="ectt-0900">\xmakefirstuc</span><span 
class="ectt-0900">&#x00A0;</span></span><a 
 id="dx1-6"></a> <span 
class="ectt-1000">\xmakefirstuc{</span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E8;</span><span 
class="ecti-1000">stuff </span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E9;</span><span 
class="ectt-1000">} </span></div><hr>
</p><!--l. 90--><p class="noindent" >
This is equivalent to <span 
class="ectt-1000">\expandafter\makefirstuc\expandafter{</span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E8;</span><span 
class="ecti-1000">stuff </span><span 
class="cmsy-10">&#x27E9;</span><span 
class="ectt-1000">}</span>.
So
                                                                    

                                                                    
</p>
   <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-5">
\newcommand{\abc}{abc}
&#x00A0;<br />\xmakefirstuc{\abc}
</div>
<!--l. 95--><p class="nopar" > produces: Abc.
</p><!--l. 100--><p class="indent" >   <div class="important" title="Important Note"> <span 
class="ectt-1000">\xmakefirstuc </span>only performs one level expansion on the first object in its
argument. It does not fully expand the entire argument. </div>
</p><!--l. 104--><p class="noindent" >
</p><!--l. 106--><p class="indent" >   If you want to use an alternative command to convert to uppercase, for example
<span 
class="ectt-1000">\MakeTextUppercase</span>,<span class="footnote-mark"><a 
href="#fn1x0" id="fn1x0-bk"><sup class="textsuperscript">1</sup></a></span><a 
 id="x1-7f1"></a>
you can redefine <span 
class="ectt-1000">\glsmakefirstuc</span>. For example:
                                                                    

                                                                    
</p>
   <div class="verbatim" id="verbatim-6">
\renewcommand{\glsmakefirstuc}[1]{\MakeTextUppercase&#x00A0;#1}
</div>
<!--l. 112--><p class="nopar" >
</p>
   <div class="footnotes"><!--l. 108--><p class="indent" >   <span class="footnote-mark"><a 
href="#fn1x0-bk" id="fn1x0"><sup class="textsuperscript">1</sup></a></span><span 
class="ecrm-0800">defined in the </span><span 
class="ecss-0800">textcase </span><span 
class="ecrm-0800">package</span></p>                                                                          </div>
 
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