Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.4ADF6ACC@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:42:08 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4ADF6ACC" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: RE: Hyphenation pattern loading... Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1991 18:08:12 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 422 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4ADF6ACC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I would, with the greatest respect, take issue with one point made by Nicolas Brouard in his recent mailing; he said: >>> As LaTeX 2.09 will be european, and will allow language specific >>> styles, I think that the mechanism of hyphenation patterns loading >>> HAS TO BE INCORPORATED. It has to be compatible with TeX 2.0, but = =08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08= =08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08 >>> will offer the facility of reading 8 bits patterns if TeX 3 is >>> available. I belive that this is a totally unnecessary restriction. TeX V3.x has now been out for sufficiently long that all new development work should be entitled to assume that it will be used; to continue to develop code that maintains backwards-compatibility with TeX V2 is restricting, and = may well prevent the `best' code from being written. ** Phil. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4ADF6ACC Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Hyphenation pattern loading...

I would, with the greatest respect, take issue with = one point made by
Nicolas Brouard in his recent mailing; he = said:

>>> As LaTeX 2.09 will be european, and will = allow language specific
>>> styles, I think that the mechanism of = hyphenation patterns loading
>>> HAS TO BE INCORPORATED. It has to be = compatible with TeX 2.0, but
          &nbs= p;            = ;     = =08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08= =08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08=08
>>> will offer the facility of reading 8 = bits patterns if TeX 3 is
>>> available.

I belive that this is a totally unnecessary = restriction.  TeX V3.x has
now been out for sufficiently long that all new = development work should
be entitled to assume that it will be used; to = continue to develop code
that maintains backwards-compatibility with TeX V2 is = restricting, and may
well prevent the `best' code from being = written.

        =         =         =         =         ** = Phil.

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