Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.9BCD3364@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:24 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9BCD3364" 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: {3} Re: {2} text macro Date: Tue, 25 Feb 1992 11:29:26 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Dominik Wujastyk" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Multiple recipients of" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 586 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9BCD3364 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Rainer said, \begin{quotation} > But *only* if you have the amstext style option loaded. It is indeed = a > problem, as Dominik pointed out, if you use only the naked NFSS, = where > \text is equivalent to \mbox. > > My proposal is therefore: > > (a) *DOCUMENT IT!* > (b) (optional) have \text load amstext.sty, even in the bare NFSS. \end{quotation} (a) naturally. But isn't (b) the wrong way around? Shouldn't \text be defined in amstext.sty, and not at all in NFSS? From what you chaps have been saying, I gather that \text is a command pertaining to AMSTeX. So that's where is should be defined, surely. (Or in amstext.sty for LaTeX users.) I have been using LaTeX for years, and have extensive docs that use a macro \text that I \newcommanded all for myself. It is bothersome to find that "plain" LaTeX 2.09 + NFSS suddenly usurps this totally bland macro name for some arcane internal purpose. Incidentally, I still don't see why lfonts.new needs \text. It is defined as \mbox. Why not just use \mbox, which is well documented already? Have I missed something? Dominik ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9BCD3364 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable {3} Re: {2} text macro

Rainer said,

\begin{quotation}
 > But *only* if you have the amstext style = option loaded. It is indeed a
 > problem, as Dominik pointed out, if you = use only the naked NFSS, where
 > \text is equivalent to \mbox.
 >
 > My proposal is therefore:
 >
 > (a) *DOCUMENT IT!*
 > (b) (optional) have \text load = amstext.sty, even in the bare NFSS.
\end{quotation}

(a) naturally.  But isn't (b) the wrong way = around?  Shouldn't
\text be defined in amstext.sty, and not at all in = NFSS?

>From what
you chaps have been saying, I gather that \text is a = command
pertaining to AMSTeX.  So that's where is should = be defined, surely.
(Or in amstext.sty for LaTeX users.)

I have been using LaTeX for years, and have extensive = docs that
use a macro \text that I \newcommanded all for = myself.  It is
bothersome to find that "plain" LaTeX 2.09 = + NFSS suddenly usurps
this totally bland macro name for some arcane = internal purpose.

Incidentally, I still don't see why lfonts.new needs = \text.  It
is defined as \mbox.  Why not just use \mbox, = which is well documented
already?  Have I missed something?

Dominik


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