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[Kevin Godby <godbyk@xxxxxxxxx>]

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.meridius@xxxxxxxxx>:
> 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