Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.97857B8C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:16 +0100 Return-Path: <@vm.gmd.de:LATEX-L@DHDURZ1.BITNET> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.97857B8C" 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: Ending the tyranny of magsteps! Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1992 20:36:00 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Don Hosek" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Rainer M. Schoepf" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 545 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.97857B8C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -sebastian: - Why does anyone used [sic] \sl? -dek used \sl instead of \it for the statements of theorems so that -it's possible to tell the difference between "a" and "$a$". intended -to aid comprehension. I used to use \sl because I hated the appearance of cmti. I'm still not enamored of it but enough of my work is done with non-CM these days that I'm less bothered by it. -dh ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.97857B8C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: Ending the tyranny of magsteps!

-sebastian:
-    Why does anyone used [sic] = \sl?

-dek used \sl instead of \it for the statements of = theorems so that
-it's possible to tell the difference between = "a" and "$a$".  intended
-to aid comprehension.

I used to use \sl because I hated the appearance of = cmti. I'm still not
enamored of it but enough of my work is done with = non-CM these days that
I'm less bothered by it.

-dh

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