[695] in SIPB bug reports
Re: Is This a Bug?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU)
Sun Oct 15 20:29:15 1989
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 89 20:30:29 -0400
From: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: Barr3y Jaspan <bjaspan@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
Cc: bug-sipb@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Barr3y Jaspan's message of Sun, 15 Oct 89 19:55:28 -0400,
Reply-To: tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Well, think about it, the way you made the definition, \acp is the
equivalent of your typing the string "analyze_critical_path " anywere
you type \acp. Note the space; this means that when you type "\acp,"
LaTeX sees "analyze_critical_path ,". Since the comma is separated from
"\dots path" by a space, the comma appears to be part of its own word.
Remember, LaTeX is based on nothing more than a macro substitution
langauge.
May I suggect you use dynamic abbrevs in emacs? It looks like that's
more want you want to do. Alternatively, if you want to keep this
processing to TeX, you can do the following:
\def\acp/{Analyze_critical_path}
Now \acp/ works correctly! How about that? Now I can talk
about \acp/!
Why does this work? I'm not sure, but it's documented in the
TeXbook.... (pg. 204).
Actually, I usually just get used to typing \acp\ whenever I want a
space after \acp. It really isn't that painful.....
- Ted
