Abbreviations collective thread

[hochleitner]

This thread serves as a collection and/or discussion thread for potential new abbreviations in hgbabbrev.sty. This file is meant to provide macros for common abbreviations to achieve correct typesetting. The typical German example would be z. B. for "zum Beispiel" which is either written without a space (z.B. - wrong) or with a full space (z. B. - correct but ugly). The macro \zB sets it as z.\thinspace{}B.\@\xspace which uses a thin space and checks if the macro is at the end of a sentence and handles the follow-up spacing correctly.

Here are some suggestions for other macros I've come across in various theses that might make sense to add, to support correct typesetting. I'll update this list, when new ideas emerge. Please comment if you feel this should or should explicitly not be added.

German

• \idR (i. d. R. - in der Regel: \newcommand{\zB}{i.\thinspace{}d.\thinspace{}R.\@\xspace}
• \vuZ (v. u. Z. - vor unserer Zeitrechnung (neutral form to v. Chr.): \newcommand{\zB}{v.\thinspace{}u.\thinspace{}Z.\@\xspace}

English

[imagingbook]

I like it (\vuZ in particular)!