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Remove xspace package
From the developer of the package: "personally I wouldn't recommend it". > The original version used a very simple nested test for following punctuation, > but it could get the test wrong in some (well rather a lot really) of cases. > Morten made the tests a lot better so the current version makes the correct > choice in more cases and is more easily customised, however making the tests > more complicated highlights the problem with this kind of package. > > The rule in TeX is really quite simple, after a command name that uses letters > (as opposed to single character command names using non-letters such as \$) > white space is ignored. It is easy to forget to use \ or {} but the result of > forgetting is very predictable, you lose white space in the result. > Conversely with xspace the macro will get the correct space most of the time, > but it isn't easy to predict when it will get it wrong, and so it's much harder > to learn to enter the markup in a way that is always correct rather than having > to always visually check for missing space, which rather negates the purpose of > the command. > > So, if you find it useful, fine, it's there. > But personally I wouldn't recommend it > > -- David Carlisle on [Stack Overflow](https://tex.stackexchange.com/a/86620)
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