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Date:         Fri, 25 May 90 16:58:44 CET
From: Rainer Schoepf <BK4@DHDURZ1.bitnet>
Organization: Inst. f. Theor. Physik d. Univ. Heidelberg
Subject:      Attributes
To: LaTeX discussion list <LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.uucp>
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I agree haertily with nearly all of the points Frank raised in his
recent message.  The scheme Leslie proposed looks very complicated
to me, and I suspect that Mr. Average U. Ser  will not grasp the
concept very well.  On the other hand, Frank's proposal is very
easy to understand, even if it's a deviation from the current
syntax.

I want to add a few remarks concerning the question of a command
versus an environment: In my eyes footnotes are a classical example
of an entity that should be implemented as an environment.  For things
like sections my point a view is a bit different.  Frank's proposal
was something like (if I understand it correctly):

   \begin{section} <section title> \end{section}

I think it is much better to use it like

   \begin{section}{<section title>}
     <Contents of the section>
   \end{section}

After all, \begin...\end enclose a logical entity.  I think that the
thing Frank proposed is more confusing than the current syntax.

Rainer