General ⇒ define frequently used phrases

[Erik79]

Hi all, new guy here.
I want to avoid typing frequently used long words and phrases, and use
abbreviations instead. I tried with

\def\CLT{$\mbox{central limit theorem}$}

and

\newcommand{\CLT}{central limit theorem}

and a few variations but the problem is that LaTeX doesn't leave
a space at the end of the word (and if I define the space within
the command, then I have a problem with puntcuation after the word).
In addition there are problems with line ending.

What's the solution? Thanks.

[gmedina]

Hi,

load the xspace package and use something like

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\newcommand{\CLT}{central limit theorem\xspace}

[Erik79]

Thanks, that worked!