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Date:         Mon, 16 Jul 90 13:42:41 CET
From: Rainer Schoepf <BK4@DHDURZ1.bitnet>
Organization: Inst. f. Theor. Physik d. Univ. Heidelberg
Subject:      Re: partial TOC; version 1
To: POPPELIER@HUTRUU53.uucp
In-Reply-To:  Your message of Fri, 13 Jul 90 15:54 UT+2
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Nico,

your implementation is very interesting.  I do not understand all the
implications, but at least I see now why there is need for the
\currentsection command.  When I proposed this I had only a very diffuse
idea that it might be necessary...

There is one point where we disagree, and that's the question of user-
specified section numbers.  The basic idea came from Michael Downes,
when he pointed out on the LaTeX-L list a while ago that we have to
account for special numbering of theorems.  While I see that normally
there is no need for a special numbering of sections (unlike in the
theorem case) I can think of some cases where the author wants to
label sections like, e.g., 2.1, 2.1', 2.2.  I don't think that we can
simply dismiss this as `bad document structure'.

I (and also Frank) think that we should communicate this discussion via
the LaTeX-L list; if you don't object I will forward our messages.

Studying the Listserv documentation I found a way to allow someone to
send to the LaTeX-L list without him receiving the messages.  Do you
want me to set the options for one of your addresses?  If so, which one?
You should also be able to do this yourself by sending a line saying
SET LATEX-L NOMAIL NOFILES
to listserv@dhdurz1.

Rainer