Re: Re: italic correction

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 19:25 23/09/2003 +0200, you wrote:
>Idris S Hamid <ishamid@lamar.colostate.edu> writes:
>
>Hi,
>
> > Sometimes I make a definition like
> >
> > \def\TR{\it}
> >
> > for certain purposes (structural consistency, etc.). How do I modify
> > this to automatically do an italic correction the way \em is set up to
> > do in \ConTeXt?
>
>I'd do it like this:
>
>\def\TR{\aftergroup \emphasiscorrection\it}
>
>see the examples:
>
>\def\TR{\aftergroup \/\it}
>\startlines
>{\it this is a roof}right?
>{\TR this is a roof}right?
>{\TR this is a roof}, right?
>\def\TR{\aftergroup \emphasiscorrection\it}
>{\TR this is a roof}right?
>{\TR this is a roof}, right?
>\stoplines
>
>
>But I bet that there is a more clever way.

Of course:

\def\MyIt{\groupedcommand\it\/}

\ruledhbox{\it oeps}

\ruledhbox{\MyIt{oeps}}

\ruledhbox{{\MyIt oeps}}

Hans
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