How can I create a newcommand that automictically capitalises the first letter, when the command is used after a full stop (or question mark, exclamation mark, etc.)?
\newcommand{\tinycommand}{tiny command}
The desired input:
This is some text and a \tinycommand. This is some text. \tinycommand.
The desired result:
This is some text and a tiny command. This is some text. Tiny command.
\documentclass{article}
\newcommand{\tinycommand}{\hmm{t}iny command}
\newcommand\hmm[1]{\ifnum\ifhmode\spacefactor\else2000\fi>1000 \uppercase{#1}\else#1\fi}
\begin{document}
The desired input:
This is some text and a \tinycommand. This is some text. \tinycommand.
\end{document}
If you use \frenchspacing then you would need
\def\frenchspacing{\sfcode`\.1001 \sfcode`\?1001 \sfcode`\!1001
\sfcode`\:1001 \sfcode`\;1001 \sfcode`\,1001 }
So that end of sentence is flagged but the change of spacing won't be noticeable.
csquotes has its own french spacing values, from csquotes.sty
\def\csq@setfrcodes{%
\ifnum\sfcode`\A=\@m
\else
\csq@setazcodes
\fi
\sfcode`\,=1003
\sfcode`\;=1004
\sfcode`\:=1005
\sfcode`\.=1006
\sfcode`\!=1007
\sfcode`\?=1008
}
so a value of greater than 1005 is end of sentence, so you just need to adjust the values
\documentclass{article}
\usepackage{csquotes}
\usepackage{fmtcount}
% \def\frenchspacing{\sfcode`\.1001 \sfcode`\?1001 \sfcode`\!1001 \sfcode`\:1000 \sfcode`\;1000 \sfcode`\,1000 } % autocapitalise auch mit frenchspacing
\frenchspacing % remove extra space after punctuation
\newcommand{\tinycommand}{\hmm{t}iny command}
\newcommand\hmm[1]{\ifnum\ifhmode\spacefactor\else2000\fi>1005 \uppercase{#1}\else#1\fi}
\begin{document}
The desired input:
This is some text and a \tinycommand. This is some text. \tinycommand. And, \tinycommand.
And; \tinycommand.
\textquote{And;} \tinycommand.
\end{document}
\footnote{\tinicommand}? Is there any way to get that working?
– ClintEastwood
Sep 02 '13 at 19:13
And, \tinycommand. (irrespective of whether or not frenchspacing is activated. I use frenchspacing, btw.).
– ClintEastwood
Sep 05 '13 at 15:20
\sfcode\:1001 \sfcode`;1001 \sfcode`,1001 should be\sfcode`:1000 \sfcode`;1000 \sfcode`,1000 ` as those ones are not end of sentence (if that does the right thing I'll update the answer)
– David Carlisle
Sep 05 '13 at 15:25
\usepackage{fmtcount}. If I don't use fmtcount by deleting the line, it works. Any idea as to why?
– ClintEastwood
Sep 05 '13 at 16:47
fmtcount (which I didn't know) and see nothing, but the original code treated , as end of sentence so wasn't really correct. If you can make a MWE with and without fmtcount and edit in to your question ping me here and I'll look.
– David Carlisle
Sep 05 '13 at 16:51
\tinycommand gets me a capitalised letter after a dot, and sometimes not. I could not find out why nor what the difference between the two cases is. I know that without an MWE no one can look into the matter. I just wanted to report. I have no clue.
– ClintEastwood
Feb 23 '16 at 07:57
_in command names/ – David Carlisle Apr 17 '13 at 12:14stringstringsortitlecapspackages may give you some tools to work with. – Steven B. Segletes Apr 17 '13 at 12:16titlecapson CTAN gives nill results. A link to more info, please. – Johan_E Apr 17 '13 at 12:26titlecapsis on ctan:http://mirror.ctan.org/macros/latex/contrib/titlecaps/-- it ought to have stabilised by now -- where were you looking (and when)? – wasteofspace Apr 17 '13 at 16:02http://ctan.org/and entered (copy-paste'd)titlecapsin the search-box at the top and pressed enter (i.e. the search button). This is what I usually do when someone mentions a package I don’t know about. – Johan_E Apr 18 '13 at 15:19titlecapsunsearchable in their database. It has been fixed. The package is at http://ctan.org/pkg/titlecaps – Steven B. Segletes Sep 05 '13 at 18:57\frenchspacingafter you redefine it! Please, remove the edits. – egreg Sep 05 '13 at 19:21