Hi Kevin Thanks for explaining what those commands do. I think it will be easier if we just replace those with appropriate text in our language.
--- Regards Martin Lukeš P.S.: Please keep the communication history 2010/4/20 Kevin Godby <god...@gmail.com> > Hey, Martin. > > I apologize for the late reply to this one. I flagged it to respond to > later and it promptly got buried under a deluge of other email. > > 2010/4/12 Martin Lukeš <martin.merid...@gmail.com>: > > Hi Kevin > > Me again. ;) > > > > I noticed that you probably missed the \eg command when writing Style > Guide. > > Or it was on purpose since it is the simplest command I saw so far. :D > > The \eg and \ie commands are new. I sneaked those in at the last minute. > > \ie gets expanded to 'i.e.', a Latin abbreviation for 'id est', > meaning 'that is' > \eg gets expanded to 'e.g.', a Latin abbreviation for 'exempli > gratia', meaning 'for the sake of example' or 'for example' > > When you're translating these two terms, you have two options: > > 1. Tell me what the equivalent of 'i.e.' and 'e.g.' are for your > language and I'll adjust the macros for your language. If you choose > this option, you won't need to translate the \ie or \eg commands > individually; you can leave them as-is in the sentence. > > 2. Replace the \ie and \eg commands with appropriate translations for > your language each time they occur in the text. > > If you'd like me to translate the macros for you (so you don't have to > each time you encounter one), send me the name of your language and > the proper translations for 'i.e.' and 'e.g.'. > > Thanks! > > --Kevin >
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