X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["999" "Sun" "4" "October" "92" "23:31:19" "CET" "Don Hosek" "DHOSEK@HMCVAX.CLAREMONT.EDU" nil "23" "Re: Letter style: a compromise?" "^Date:" nil nil "10"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (serv01) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/1.9.92 ) id AA08821; Sun, 4 Oct 92 23:31:35 +0100 Received: from vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de) by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.0/SMI-4.0-sc/19.6.92) id AA01354; Sun, 4 Oct 92 23:30:55 +0100 Message-Id: <9210042230.AA01354@sc.zib-berlin.dbp.de> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 7224; Sun, 04 Oct 92 23:31:44 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 7211; Sun, 04 Oct 92 23:31:42 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 7202; Sun, 04 Oct 92 23:31:39 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Sun, 4 Oct 92 23:31:19 CET From: Don Hosek Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of Subject: Re: Letter style: a compromise? Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 840 -If something is to be provided for letters, might it be worth considering -a simplified user interface? For example, if the user went ... [example deleted] -.. there would be -* just two environments (mydetails and yourdetails) as distinct from - 2.09's 5+ commands/environments (\address, \signature, letter, - \opening, \closing) -* no problems from naive users who have no "programming background" - and haven't come across the "declare things at the start of the - program" approach used for 2.09's \signature -* some scope for getting company/university letter-heading in - automatically (if appropriate) via \documentstyle. The point of letter/memo/etc. is to provide those facilities for the experienced LaTeX user. Among the 100+ LaTeX users I've instructed, I've never seen anyone have difficulty with letter if it's properly presented. On the other hand, if we go with your approach, there will be this chunk of LaTeX 3 which doesn't fit in at all. -dh