How to prevent \xspace from adding a full space after a period?

Question

I have a little macro that I use for doing adding an e.g. in my writing:

\newcommand{\eg}{\emph{e.g.}\xspace}

The problem I have is that LaTeX is treating the g. as the end of a sentence and is spacing too much. Is there any way to disable this feature?

See http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/86565/drawbacks-of-xspace/86620#86620 — David Carlisle, Apr 22 '13 at 13:17

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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Add \@ to the definition of your custom macro. See When should I use intersentence spacing (`\@')? for details.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{xspace}

\newcommand{\origeg}{\emph{e.g.}\xspace}
\newcommand{\eg}{\emph{e.g.}\@\xspace}

\begin{document}

Some text \origeg and some more

Some text \eg and some more

\end{document}

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edited Apr 13 '17 at 12:35

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answered Apr 22 '13 at 12:24

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How to prevent \xspace from adding a full space after a period?

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