Ignorar comando / Suprimir vários espaços

Question

Como posso suprimir vários espaços neste exemplo:

\documentclass{article}
\begin{document}
\newcommand*{\foo}[1]{dummy foo output}
Test this \foo{3} command.
% but now I want to ignore it completely
\renewcommand*{\foo}[1]{\relax}
Test this \foo{3} command.
% ...and have no multiple spaces between "this" and "command"
\end{document}

Quero ignorar completamente \foo(ainda deixando no código fonte).

Atenciosamente, Ivan

Answer 1

O kernel LaTeX possui \@bsphacke \@esphackpara isso.

\documentclass{article}

\makeatletter
\newcommand{\kokanignore}{\@bsphack\@esphack}
\makeatother

\begin{document}

\newcommand*{\foo}[1]{dummy foo output}
Test this \foo{3} command.

\foo{3} xyz

% but now I want to ignore it completely
\renewcommand*{\foo}[1]{\kokanignore}
Test this \foo{3} command.
% ...and have no multiple spaces between "this" and "command"

\foo{3} xyz

\end{document}