Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.3BD45B8C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:41:43 +0100 In-Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list"'s message of 22 Jan 91 13:58:23 UT MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3BD45B8C" Organization: Konrad-Zuse-Zentrum fuer Informationstechnik Berlin X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Return-Path: x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil t nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: ?@setsize Date: Tue, 22 Jan 1991 14:10:58 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Rainer Schoepf" To: Cc: Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 276 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3BD45B8C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: "Johannes L. Braams" I have used \f@size for what I think is the same purpose as Don's use of \@currsize, so is it really necessary to re-introduce \@currsize or could the same functionality also be implemented using features of the new schame? I think Don's point is that \@currsize expands to the user-visible name of the size, e.g., \normalsize, whereas \f@size expands to the internal name, e.g., 10. Consequently, I see two differences: 1. \@currsize is independent of the chosen size for the document (i.e. it will be, say, \normalsize even if the actual size is different in a 12pt and a 10pt document. 2. \@currsize is more useful for printing messages ("You cannot use \LARGE is this context!"). Rainer ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.3BD45B8C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable ?@setsize

   Sender: "Johannes L. Braams" = <JL#l#u#r#Braams@PTTRNL.nl>

           I have used \f@size for what I think is the same = purpose as Don's
           use of \@currsize, so is it really necessary to = re-introduce
           \@currsize or could the same functionality also be = implemented using
           features of the new schame?

I think Don's point is that \@currsize expands to the = user-visible
name of the size, e.g., \normalsize, whereas \f@size = expands to the
internal name, e.g., 10.  Consequently, I see = two differences:

1. \@currsize is independent of the chosen size for = the document (i.e.
   it will be, say, \normalsize even if the = actual size is different
   in a 12pt and a 10pt document.

2. \@currsize is more useful for printing messages = ("You cannot use
   \LARGE is this context!").

Rainer




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