On 29/01/2011, at 8:54 PM, Arno Trautmann wrote: >> so you can then write >> >> \NewShorthand \ie {i.e.} > > That is not much shorter, but it is a start … I can't see how you could get much shorter. The important thing is that using this command gives additional context to the commands it defines. > What about adding something like \xspace automatically? Maybe with a > *-version that does not? I dislike \xspace because its abstraction is leaky. It works well almost always, but when it fails... Ensuring you can avoid it by improving the syntax is a much better idea to me. -- Will