Index: doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex
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--- doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex	(revision 5479e63ba74f6aaf13306acbbd3bf070405dc4b8)
+++ doc/LaTeXmacros/common.tex	(revision fd603d8ff2eb0966603a279cb8d2fd4765412380)
@@ -245,4 +245,15 @@
 }%
 
+\newcommand*{\eg}{\textit{e.g}.\@\xspace}
+\newcommand*{\ie}{\textit{i.e}.\@\xspace}
+
+\makeatletter
+\newcommand*{\etc}{%
+    \@ifnextchar{.}%
+        {\textit{etc}}%
+        {\textit{etc}.\@\xspace}%
+}
+\makeatother
+
 % Local Variables: %
 % tab-width: 4 %