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I made this newcommand boldAcr:



makeatletter % we need to use kernel commands

newcommand{boldAcr[1]}{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}@boldAcrOne}

newcommand@boldAcrOne{@ifnextcharstopBold{@boldSend}{@boldAcrTwo}}

newcommand@boldAcrTwo[1]{@boldAcrThree{#1}@boldAcrOne%restart the recursion

}

newcommand@boldAcrThree[1]{ fb{#1}} %Space

newcommand@boldSend[1]{% The argument is stopBold    

}

makeatother

newcommand{fb}[1]{dofb#1}

newcommand{dofb}[1]{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}}


and I call it this way:



boldAcr[owasp] {open} {web} {application} {security} {project} stopBold \

boldAcr[xss] {cross} {site} {scripting} stopBold \


That is the result.
Result



Is there a way to add spacing after the first word, to make all the others start from a specific point?
I mean like this:
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    I made this newcommand boldAcr:



    makeatletter % we need to use kernel commands
    
newcommand{boldAcr[1]}{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}@boldAcrOne}
    
newcommand@boldAcrOne{@ifnextcharstopBold{@boldSend}{@boldAcrTwo}}
    
newcommand@boldAcrTwo[1]{@boldAcrThree{#1}@boldAcrOne%restart the recursion
    
}
    
newcommand@boldAcrThree[1]{ fb{#1}} %Space
    
newcommand@boldSend[1]{% The argument is stopBold    
    
}
    
makeatother
    
newcommand{fb}[1]{dofb#1}
    
newcommand{dofb}[1]{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}}


    and I call it this way:



    boldAcr[owasp] {open} {web} {application} {security} {project} stopBold \
    
boldAcr[xss] {cross} {site} {scripting} stopBold \


    That is the result.
    Result



    Is there a way to add spacing after the first word, to make all the others start from a specific point?
    I mean like this:
    enter image description here






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      I made this newcommand boldAcr:



      makeatletter % we need to use kernel commands
      
newcommand{boldAcr[1]}{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}@boldAcrOne}
      
newcommand@boldAcrOne{@ifnextcharstopBold{@boldSend}{@boldAcrTwo}}
      
newcommand@boldAcrTwo[1]{@boldAcrThree{#1}@boldAcrOne%restart the recursion
      
}
      
newcommand@boldAcrThree[1]{ fb{#1}} %Space
      
newcommand@boldSend[1]{% The argument is stopBold    
      
}
      
makeatother
      
newcommand{fb}[1]{dofb#1}
      
newcommand{dofb}[1]{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}}


      and I call it this way:



      boldAcr[owasp] {open} {web} {application} {security} {project} stopBold \
      
boldAcr[xss] {cross} {site} {scripting} stopBold \


      That is the result.
      Result



      Is there a way to add spacing after the first word, to make all the others start from a specific point?
      I mean like this:
      enter image description here






      spacing macros horizontal-alignment acronyms recursion







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      I made this newcommand boldAcr:



      makeatletter % we need to use kernel commands
      
newcommand{boldAcr[1]}{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}@boldAcrOne}
      
newcommand@boldAcrOne{@ifnextcharstopBold{@boldSend}{@boldAcrTwo}}
      
newcommand@boldAcrTwo[1]{@boldAcrThree{#1}@boldAcrOne%restart the recursion
      
}
      
newcommand@boldAcrThree[1]{ fb{#1}} %Space
      
newcommand@boldSend[1]{% The argument is stopBold    
      
}
      
makeatother
      
newcommand{fb}[1]{dofb#1}
      
newcommand{dofb}[1]{MakeTextUppercase{textbf{#1}}}


      and I call it this way:



      boldAcr[owasp] {open} {web} {application} {security} {project} stopBold \
      
boldAcr[xss] {cross} {site} {scripting} stopBold \


      That is the result.
      Result



      Is there a way to add spacing after the first word, to make all the others start from a specific point?
      I mean like this:
      enter image description here






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          I think I'd use a simpler input syntax, perhaps



          enter image description here



          documentclass{article}
          

          
defboldAcr#1 {makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}} boldAcrB}
          
defboldAcrB#1 {ifx\#1parelseboldAcrC#1 expandafterboldAcrBfi}
          
defboldAcrC#1{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}}
          

          
begin{document}
          

          

          
boldAcr owasp open web application security project \
          
boldAcr xss cross site scripting \
          
end{document}





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            you could of course add makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase to your version to force the first word to be 2cm wide, you don't have to change the input syntax.

            – David Carlisle
            4 hours ago











          • Thank you, both methods work

            – ScTALE
            4 hours ago



















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          You can do better with xparse:



          documentclass{article}
          
usepackage{xparse}
          

          
newlength{boldAcrwidth}
          
setlength{boldAcrwidth}{2cm}
          

          
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcr}{m >{SplitList{ }}m}{%
          
  makebox[boldAcrwidth][l]{bfseriesMakeUppercase{#1}}%
          
  ProcessList{#2}{boldAcrFirst}%
          
  unskip
          
}
          
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirst}{m}{%
          
  boldAcrFirstAux#1 % we want a space
          
}
          
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirstAux}{m}{%
          
  textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}%
          
}
          

          
begin{document}
          

          
begin{flushleft}
          

          
boldAcr{owasp}{open web application security project} \
          
boldAcr{xss}{cross site scripting} \
          

          
end{flushleft}
          

          
end{document}


          The second argument is split at spaces; each item is passed to the macro boldAcrFirst that simply calls boldAcrFirstAux which only uses the first letter, making it boldface and uppercase, typesetting the rest normally and adding a trailing space. The last space is removed by unskip.



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            I think I'd use a simpler input syntax, perhaps



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            

            
defboldAcr#1 {makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}} boldAcrB}
            
defboldAcrB#1 {ifx\#1parelseboldAcrC#1 expandafterboldAcrBfi}
            
defboldAcrC#1{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}}
            

            
begin{document}
            

            

            
boldAcr owasp open web application security project \
            
boldAcr xss cross site scripting \
            
end{document}





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              you could of course add makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase to your version to force the first word to be 2cm wide, you don't have to change the input syntax.

              – David Carlisle
              4 hours ago











            • Thank you, both methods work

              – ScTALE
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            I think I'd use a simpler input syntax, perhaps



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            

            
defboldAcr#1 {makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}} boldAcrB}
            
defboldAcrB#1 {ifx\#1parelseboldAcrC#1 expandafterboldAcrBfi}
            
defboldAcrC#1{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}}
            

            
begin{document}
            

            

            
boldAcr owasp open web application security project \
            
boldAcr xss cross site scripting \
            
end{document}





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              you could of course add makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase to your version to force the first word to be 2cm wide, you don't have to change the input syntax.

              – David Carlisle
              4 hours ago











            • Thank you, both methods work

              – ScTALE
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            I think I'd use a simpler input syntax, perhaps



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            

            
defboldAcr#1 {makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}} boldAcrB}
            
defboldAcrB#1 {ifx\#1parelseboldAcrC#1 expandafterboldAcrBfi}
            
defboldAcrC#1{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}}
            

            
begin{document}
            

            

            
boldAcr owasp open web application security project \
            
boldAcr xss cross site scripting \
            
end{document}





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            I think I'd use a simpler input syntax, perhaps



            enter image description here



            documentclass{article}
            

            
defboldAcr#1 {makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}} boldAcrB}
            
defboldAcrB#1 {ifx\#1parelseboldAcrC#1 expandafterboldAcrBfi}
            
defboldAcrC#1{textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}}
            

            
begin{document}
            

            

            
boldAcr owasp open web application security project \
            
boldAcr xss cross site scripting \
            
end{document}






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              you could of course add makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase to your version to force the first word to be 2cm wide, you don't have to change the input syntax.

              – David Carlisle
              4 hours ago











            • Thank you, both methods work

              – ScTALE
              4 hours ago














            • 1





              you could of course add makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase to your version to force the first word to be 2cm wide, you don't have to change the input syntax.

              – David Carlisle
              4 hours ago











            • Thank you, both methods work

              – ScTALE
              4 hours ago








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            you could of course add makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase to your version to force the first word to be 2cm wide, you don't have to change the input syntax.

            – David Carlisle
            4 hours ago





            you could of course add makebox[2cm][l]{textbf{MakeUppercase to your version to force the first word to be 2cm wide, you don't have to change the input syntax.

            – David Carlisle
            4 hours ago













            Thank you, both methods work

            – ScTALE
            4 hours ago





            Thank you, both methods work

            – ScTALE
            4 hours ago











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            You can do better with xparse:



            documentclass{article}
            
usepackage{xparse}
            

            
newlength{boldAcrwidth}
            
setlength{boldAcrwidth}{2cm}
            

            
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcr}{m >{SplitList{ }}m}{%
            
  makebox[boldAcrwidth][l]{bfseriesMakeUppercase{#1}}%
            
  ProcessList{#2}{boldAcrFirst}%
            
  unskip
            
}
            
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirst}{m}{%
            
  boldAcrFirstAux#1 % we want a space
            
}
            
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirstAux}{m}{%
            
  textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}%
            
}
            

            
begin{document}
            

            
begin{flushleft}
            

            
boldAcr{owasp}{open web application security project} \
            
boldAcr{xss}{cross site scripting} \
            

            
end{flushleft}
            

            
end{document}


            The second argument is split at spaces; each item is passed to the macro boldAcrFirst that simply calls boldAcrFirstAux which only uses the first letter, making it boldface and uppercase, typesetting the rest normally and adding a trailing space. The last space is removed by unskip.



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              You can do better with xparse:



              documentclass{article}
              
usepackage{xparse}
              

              
newlength{boldAcrwidth}
              
setlength{boldAcrwidth}{2cm}
              

              
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcr}{m >{SplitList{ }}m}{%
              
  makebox[boldAcrwidth][l]{bfseriesMakeUppercase{#1}}%
              
  ProcessList{#2}{boldAcrFirst}%
              
  unskip
              
}
              
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirst}{m}{%
              
  boldAcrFirstAux#1 % we want a space
              
}
              
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirstAux}{m}{%
              
  textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}%
              
}
              

              
begin{document}
              

              
begin{flushleft}
              

              
boldAcr{owasp}{open web application security project} \
              
boldAcr{xss}{cross site scripting} \
              

              
end{flushleft}
              

              
end{document}


              The second argument is split at spaces; each item is passed to the macro boldAcrFirst that simply calls boldAcrFirstAux which only uses the first letter, making it boldface and uppercase, typesetting the rest normally and adding a trailing space. The last space is removed by unskip.



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                You can do better with xparse:



                documentclass{article}
                
usepackage{xparse}
                

                
newlength{boldAcrwidth}
                
setlength{boldAcrwidth}{2cm}
                

                
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcr}{m >{SplitList{ }}m}{%
                
  makebox[boldAcrwidth][l]{bfseriesMakeUppercase{#1}}%
                
  ProcessList{#2}{boldAcrFirst}%
                
  unskip
                
}
                
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirst}{m}{%
                
  boldAcrFirstAux#1 % we want a space
                
}
                
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirstAux}{m}{%
                
  textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}%
                
}
                

                
begin{document}
                

                
begin{flushleft}
                

                
boldAcr{owasp}{open web application security project} \
                
boldAcr{xss}{cross site scripting} \
                

                
end{flushleft}
                

                
end{document}


                The second argument is split at spaces; each item is passed to the macro boldAcrFirst that simply calls boldAcrFirstAux which only uses the first letter, making it boldface and uppercase, typesetting the rest normally and adding a trailing space. The last space is removed by unskip.



                enter image description here






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                You can do better with xparse:



                documentclass{article}
                
usepackage{xparse}
                

                
newlength{boldAcrwidth}
                
setlength{boldAcrwidth}{2cm}
                

                
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcr}{m >{SplitList{ }}m}{%
                
  makebox[boldAcrwidth][l]{bfseriesMakeUppercase{#1}}%
                
  ProcessList{#2}{boldAcrFirst}%
                
  unskip
                
}
                
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirst}{m}{%
                
  boldAcrFirstAux#1 % we want a space
                
}
                
NewDocumentCommand{boldAcrFirstAux}{m}{%
                
  textbf{MakeUppercase{#1}}%
                
}
                

                
begin{document}
                

                
begin{flushleft}
                

                
boldAcr{owasp}{open web application security project} \
                
boldAcr{xss}{cross site scripting} \
                

                
end{flushleft}
                

                
end{document}


                The second argument is split at spaces; each item is passed to the macro boldAcrFirst that simply calls boldAcrFirstAux which only uses the first letter, making it boldface and uppercase, typesetting the rest normally and adding a trailing space. The last space is removed by unskip.



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