Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.9D21FD2C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:44:26 +0100 Return-Path: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9D21FD2C" 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: {2} Re: {1} macro Date: Fri, 28 Feb 1992 13:46:24 +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: 597 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9D21FD2C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Phil says, \begin{quotation} > I think you are missing Dominik's point! B.L.User is \stress = {extremely} > likely to already be using \text in his/her documents --- far more = likely, > in fact, than to be using AMSTeX. The name is so intrinsically = useful and > maningful that to arbitrarily restrict its use to `writing text at = the > correct size in maths mode' is a gross waste of the name, and will = almost > certainly conflict with the existing use of \text by many existing = LaTeX > users. Surely you can conjure up an alternative, far less likely to = already > be used by others, and with a name that truly reflects its r\=08ole. \end{quotation} Yup, that was exactly my point. Thanks for putting it so clearly, Phil. Dominik ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.9D21FD2C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable {2} Re: {1} macro

Phil says,
\begin{quotation}
 > I think you are missing Dominik's = point!  B.L.User is \stress {extremely}
 > likely to already be using \text in = his/her documents --- far more likely,
 > in fact, than to be using AMSTeX.  = The name is so intrinsically useful and
 > maningful that to arbitrarily restrict its = use to `writing text at the
 > correct size in maths mode' is a gross = waste of the name, and will almost
 > certainly conflict with the existing use = of \text by many existing LaTeX
 > users.  Surely you can conjure up an = alternative, far less likely to already
 > be used by others, and with a name that = truly reflects its r\=08ole.
\end{quotation}

Yup, that was exactly my point.  Thanks for = putting it so clearly, Phil.

Dominik


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