Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.49CC576C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:42:06 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 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]) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.49CC576C" X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: LaTeX 2.09 beta-test Date: Tue, 22 Oct 1991 01:00:00 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "bbeeton" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 409 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.49CC576C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable re loading hyphenation patterns, my immediate reaction is to make a fairly simple change to plain, replacing "\input hyphen" with an interactive routine that begin with a message "load hyphenation patterns now" and allows an iteration terminated by a line with no data (only a return). the same technique is suitable for loading alternate fonts, but requires a bit more of plain to be replaced. (the part removed would just be put into a file by itself and called something like plainfnt.tex .) i *am* interested in the matter of portability, and (provided it ever becomes possible to send 8-bit codes reliably through international e-mail) think that it would be worth examining the possibility of reaching consensus on a common character set for interchange purposes. -- bb ------- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.49CC576C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: LaTeX 2.09 <Oct 91> beta-test

re loading hyphenation patterns, my immediate reaction = is to
make a fairly simple change to plain, replacing = "\input hyphen"
with an interactive routine that begin with a message = "load
hyphenation patterns now" and allows an = iteration terminated
by a line with no data (only a return).
the same technique is suitable for loading alternate = fonts, but
requires a bit more of plain to be replaced.  = (the part removed
would just be put into a file by itself and called = something
like plainfnt.tex .)

i *am* interested in the matter of portability, and = (provided
it ever becomes possible to send 8-bit codes reliably = through
international e-mail) think that it would be worth = examining
the possibility of reaching consensus on a common = character
set for interchange purposes.
        =         =         =         =         =         -- bb
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