Why does Latex swallow the whitespace after \LaTeX command?

Asked Apr 23 '15 at 12:53

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The sentence

LaTeX is fun

is produced by

\LaTeX\ is fun

Why does Latex tend to swallow the space between the words 'Latex' and 'is' unless the space is escaped by a backslash?

asked Apr 23 '15 at 12:53

sherlock

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A very common question :-) It's a dupe, I'm afraid. – Joseph Wright Apr 23 '15 at 12:56
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TeX gobbles up any whitespace after a "control sequence" or command like \LaTeX. – musarithmia Apr 23 '15 at 12:56

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