Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.9B66CFBC@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:23 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9B66CFBC" 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: {1} RE: {1} RE: {1} text macro Date: Fri, 21 Feb 1992 20:27:01 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Multiple recipients of" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 581 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9B66CFBC Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Phil Taylor writes: > Yes; I think Dominic is quite right --- the name `\text' \stress {is} = bad, > simply because it's \stress {exactly} the sort of command that ought = (a) > either to be quasi-intrinsic, but with more obvious semantics [i.e. it > introduces in any/all contexts], or (b) be available to users = to > define [since it has an inherent meaning which many users will wish to > implement]. To usurp it for a particularly restricted context seems > singularly inappropriate to me. ** Phil. Big words (with hyphens in too!) which I dont understand, so I shall merely point out that \text "introduces in any/all contexts". chris ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9B66CFBC Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable {1} RE: {1} RE: {1} text macro

Phil Taylor writes:

> Yes; I think Dominic is quite right --- the name = `\text' \stress {is} bad,
> simply because it's \stress {exactly} the sort = of command that ought (a)
> either to be quasi-intrinsic, but with more = obvious semantics [i.e. it
> introduces <text> in any/all contexts], or = (b) be available to users to
> define [since it has an inherent meaning which = many users will wish to
> implement].  To usurp it for a particularly = restricted context seems
> singularly inappropriate to me.  ** = Phil.
Big words (with hyphens in too!) which I dont = understand, so I shall
merely point out that \text "introduces = <text> in any/all contexts".


chris


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