Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.90D5E68C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:05 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.90D5E68C" x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil t 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: fontdef issues Date: Mon, 6 Jan 1992 23:42:14 +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: 490 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.90D5E68C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable a couple of questions, to incite comments. what effect might changing from a magstep to a "true-size" approach have on the compatibility between sites using mainly plain-based styles and those using mainly latex? would practices diverge, resulting in even more incompatibility and lack of mutual understanding than there is now? do most of the people reading this discussion believe that everything can be done with latex, to the exclusion of writing job-specific macros even for certain specialized tasks? if so, then does the non-latex use of tex matter, i.e., does this group, do other tex users care? -- bb p.s. in the past, i have done a couple of things in latex, by specific request to prove a point, for which leslie lamport advised me *not* to use latex. i can cite chapter and verse if requested, but don't wish to pre-bias your thoughts. ------- ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.90D5E68C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable re: fontdef issues

a couple of questions, to incite comments.
what effect might changing from a magstep to a = "true-size" approach
have on the compatibility between sites using mainly = plain-based
styles and those using mainly latex?
would practices diverge, resulting in even more = incompatibility and
lack of mutual understanding than there is = now?
do most of the people reading this discussion believe = that everything
can be done with latex, to the exclusion of writing = job-specific
macros even for certain specialized tasks?  if = so, then does the
non-latex use of tex matter, i.e., does this group, = do other tex
users care?
        =         =         =         =         =         -- bb
p.s. in the past, i have done a couple of things in = latex, by specific
request to prove a point, for which leslie lamport = advised me *not* to
use latex.  i can cite chapter and verse if = requested, but don't wish
to pre-bias your thoughts.
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