How to define a macro for a word?

Asked Jan 28 '19 at 11:27

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I would like to define a macro for a word, i.e.

\newcommand{\stack}{{\it StackExchange} Tex}

But, I would like to automatically add a final space after that macro, like it is defined as

\newcommand{\stack}{{\it StackExchange} Tex }

except when the macro is followed by a comma, in order to avoid the situation like:

StackExchange Tex , blablabla...

Any suggestion how to insert a space only if the macro is not followed by a comma/dot character?

edited Jan 28 '19 at 11:35

Martin Scharrer

asked Jan 28 '19 at 11:27

alessandro308

And what about the case when your macro is followed by a full-stop, semicolon etc. – Marian G. Jan 28 '19 at 11:31
In general, if it is followed by a space, \stack blabla I would like to preserve a space, otherwise substitute the macro without extra characters – alessandro308 Jan 28 '19 at 11:34
Actually this question was already asked: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/31091/2975 – Martin Scharrer Jan 28 '19 at 11:37
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@alessandro308: The old font macros do not stack (you can't have e.g. bold italic), no automatic italic correcteion and they are superseeded by the LaTeX commands. See for further details: https://tex.stackexchange.com/q/516/2975 – Martin Scharrer Jan 28 '19 at 11:41
I like the solution proposed e.g. here (which is also somewhere in one of the answers in the question of which this is a duplicate). – Circumscribe Jan 28 '19 at 11:51
I just added another answer to the question Space after LaTeX commands – Ulrich Diez Jan 28 '19 at 16:21

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