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%%%   filename  = "textcmds.dtx",
%%%   version   = "1.03",
%%%   date      = "2001/12/14",
%%%   time      = "15:31:58 PST",
%%%   author    = "Michael J Downes",
%%%   address   = "American Mathematical Society,
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%%%                Providence, RI 02940,
%%%                USA",
%%%   email     = "tech-support@ams.org",
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%%%   abstract  = "Short forms for textemdash and the other LaTeX
%%%                commands that correspond to ligatures of
%%%                convenience.",
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\documentclass{amsdtx}
\begin{document}
\title{The \pkg{textcmds} package}
\author{Michael~J. Downes\\American Mathematical Society}
\date{Version \fileversion, \filedate}
\hDocInput{textcmds.dtx}
\end{document}
%</driver>
% \fi
%
% \maketitle
% \section{Introduction}
%
%    The \pkg{textcmds} package provides shorthand commands for all the
%    text symbols that are traditionally produced in \LaTeX{} documents
%    by non-letter ligatures. One of the principal benefits of using
%    these commands is that it makes translating your document from
%    \LaTeX{} to some other form (e.g., HTML) easier and less bug-prone.
%    But it also makes your document less dependent on the use of
%    special font metric files having the required ligature information,
%    and it makes it far easier to achieve special effects for the
%    characters in question\mdash for example, to add or not to add a
%    small amount of extra space around an em-dash character. With the
%    ligature method you have to manually add the space for each
%    instance, whereas if you use the \verb'\mdash' command, it suffices
%    to change the definition of \verb'\mdash' to suit your wishes.
%
%    All of these definitions use the preferred
%    font-encoding-independent \LaTeX{} commands to obtain the
%    characters in question.
% \begin{center}
% \begin{tabular}{ll}
% \textbf{Command}& \textbf{Definition}\\
% \cn{mdash}& \cn{textemdash}\\
% \cn{ndash}& \cn{textendash}\\
% \cn{qd}& \cn{textquestiondown}\\
% \cn{xd}& \cn{textexclamdown}\\
% \cn{lqq}& \cn{textquotedblleft}\\
% \cn{rqq}& \cn{textquotedblright}\\
% \cn{lq}& \cn{textquoteleft}\\
% \cn{rq}& \cn{textquoteright}
% \end{tabular}
% \end{center}
%
%    This package also provides short forms for certain text
%    symbols whose generic name is too long for convenient entry.
% \begin{center}
% \begin{tabular}{ll}
% \textbf{Command}& \textbf{Definition}\\
% \cn{bul}& \cn{textbullet}\\
% \cn{vsp}& \cn{textvisiblespace}\\
% \cn{pdc}& \cn{textperiodcentered}\\
% \cn{vrt}& \cn{textbar}\\
% \cn{cir}& \cn{textasciicircum}\\
% \cn{til}& \cn{textasciitilde}\\
% \cn{bsl}& \cn{textbackslash}\\
% \cn{cwm}& \cn{textcompwordmark}%
% \end{tabular}
% \end{center}
%
%    Finally, a quoting command \cn{qq} is provided. It seems clearly
%    consonant with other parts of \LaTeX{} to write \verb'\qq{...}' to
%    quote a word or short phrase rather than \verb'\ldq ...\rdq'; and
%    the use of higher-level markup is groundwork that must be laid if
%    one should ever want to do anything more sophisticated at the
%    boundaries of a quoted expression (such as automatically
%    transposing the quote character with following punctuation, if
%    traditional rather than logical punctuation style is desired).
%
% \StopEventually{}
%
% \section{Implementation}
%    \begin{macrocode}
%<*pkg>
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
\ProvidesPackage{textcmds}[2001/12/14 v1.03]
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    Dashes and inverted beginning-of-sentence punctuation.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newcommand{\mdash}{\textemdash\penalty\exhyphenpenalty}
\newcommand{\ndash}{\textendash\penalty\exhyphenpenalty}
\newcommand{\qd}{\textquestiondown}
\newcommand{\xd}{\textexclamdown}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    Quote commands. Note that \cs{lq} and \cs{rq} are defined in the
%    \LaTeX{} kernel to produce functionally different quote characters.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newcommand{\ldq}{\textquotedblleft}
\newcommand{\rdq}{\textquotedblright}
\newcommand{\lsq}{\textquoteleft}
\newcommand{\rsq}{\textquoteright}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newcommand{\bul}{\textbullet}%
\newcommand{\vsp}{\textvisiblespace}%
\newcommand{\pdc}{\textperiodcentered}%
\newcommand{\vrt}{\textbar}%
\newcommand{\cir}{\textasciicircum}%
\newcommand{\til}{\textasciitilde}%
\newcommand{\bsl}{\textbackslash}%
\newcommand{\cwm}{\textcompwordmark}%
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newcommand{\qq}[1]{\ldq#1\rdq}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    Unlike \cs{textsuperscript} and \cs{textsubscript}, these do not
%    use math mode at all.
%    \begin{macrocode}
\newcommand{\supsize}{%
%    \end{macrocode}
%    Cf \cs{glb@settings}.
%    \begin{macrocode}
  \expandafter\ifx\csname S@\f@size\endcsname\relax
    \calculate@math@sizes
  \fi
  \csname S@\f@size\endcsname
  \fontsize\sf@size\z@\selectfont
}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\tsup}[1]{%
  \leavevmode\raise.9ex\hbox{\supsize #1}%
}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\tsub}[1]{%
  \leavevmode\lower.6ex\hbox{\supsize #1}%
}
%    \end{macrocode}
%    This here definition needs fixing up to not be dependent on cmsy
%    fonts, but doing it right doesn't look easy so I'm leaving it for
%    later. [mjd,2000/02/28]
%    \begin{macrocode}
\DeclareRobustCommand{\tprime}{\tsup{\usefont{OMS}{cmsy}{m}{n}\char48 }}
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
\csname endinput\endcsname
%    \end{macrocode}
%
%    \begin{macrocode}
%
%    Say, do you want some Emacs code to convert "--" to \ndash while
%    you write? And "``" to \qq{ ? Try this stuff. [mjd,2000/04/06]

(defvar latex-ndash-command "\\ndash"
  "*String to insert for an n-dash in LaTeX mode.")

(defvar latex-mdash-command "\\mdash"
  "*String to insert for an m-dash in LaTeX mode.")

(defvar latex-quote-command "\\qq"
  "*String to insert for quotes in LaTeX mode.")

(defun latex-maybe-start-quotes (arg)
  "Insert the beginning of a \\qq{...} structure if the preceding char is
a left quote."
  (interactive "*p")
  (if (= (preceding-char) ?\`)
      (progn
        (delete-backward-char 1)
        (insert-and-inherit (concat latex-quote-command "\{")))
    (self-insert-command arg)))

(defun latex-maybe-end-quotes (arg)
  "Insert the end of a \\qq{...} structure if appropriate."
  (interactive "*p")
  (if (= (preceding-char) ?\')
      (progn
        (delete-backward-char 1)
        (insert-and-inherit "\}"))
    (self-insert-command arg)))

(defun latex-maybe-dash (arg)
  "Convert two or three hyphens to \\mdash or \\ndash."
  (interactive "*p")
  (cond
   ((re-search-backward
     (concat (regexp-quote latex-ndash-command) " *\\=") nil t)
    (replace-match (concat (regexp-quote latex-mdash-command) " ")))
   ((= (preceding-char) ?-)
    (delete-backward-char 1)
    (insert-and-inherit (concat latex-ndash-command " ")))
   (t (self-insert-command arg))))
(add-hook 'TeX-mode-hook
  '(lambda
    (define-key LaTeX-mode-map "\`" 'latex-maybe-start-quotes)
    (define-key LaTeX-mode-map "\'" 'latex-maybe-end-quotes)
    (define-key LaTeX-mode-map "-" 'latex-maybe-dash)))
%</pkg>
%    \end{macrocode}
%
% \CheckSum{117}
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