X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t nil] [nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 13:10:57 PST Reply-To: LaTeX-L Mailing list Sender: LaTeX-L Mailing list From: Leslie Lamport Subject: Re: \begin...\end interface To: Rainer Schoepf In-Reply-To: Your message of Thu, 22 Feb 90 18:07:56 CET. <9002221708.AA02790@decwrl.dec.com> Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 22 Nelson Beebe writes I fully support the notion that ALL internal macros in style files and macro packages should not normally be accessible to the user, so as to avoid surprises when one is unintentionally redefined. Apparently, Beebe does not use LaTeX, since otherwise he would know that LaTeX provides no way to unintentionally redefine an existing command. People who want to contribute to the revision of LaTeX should be LaTeX users, not plain TeX users taking advantage of LaTeX's features. (Advanced LaTeX users will use Plain TeX commands in style files and, occasionally, in definitions that precede the text of a document. If they are wise, they use \newcommand and \renewcommand instead of \def in their style files whenever possible.) Leslie Lamport