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Article #9659Re: Existance of \make_caps{...}
From: Donald Arseneau
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:30
Date: Fri, 11 Dec 1992 23:30
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In article <1992Dec11.155546.21394@eng.umd.edu>, lind@eng.umd.edu (Charles A. Lind) writes...
>
>Hi,
> I'm looking for a macro or a way to simply capitalize a large
>set of mixed case text. I would like to just type a command before the text and
>then bracket it, like {\em kkkkkk} for italisizing. I've looked through
>Lamport's book as well as David M. Jones' index, but with no luck.
Changing the suntax from \uppercase{kkkkk} to {\up kkkkk} relies on a
dirty trick in the TeX book (and used in LaTeX at places)
\newcommand\up{\expandafter\Upp\expandafter{\ifnum0=`}\fi}%% -> \Upp{
\newcommand\Upp[1]{\uppercase{#1}\ifnum0=`{\fi}}
(I hven't tested, so there might be a `typo')
Donald
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