X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["591" "Sat" "6" "November" "93" "15:02:24" "+0000" "\"Chris Rowley | OU - UK [R01/Maths]\"" "C.A.Rowley@OPEN.AC.UK" nil "23" "RE: the name NFSS" "^Date:" nil nil "11"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/24.6.93) id AA02479; Sat, 6 Nov 93 16:03:34 +0100 Received: from vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (vm.hd-net.uni-heidelberg.de) by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/03.06.93) id AA04051; Sat, 6 Nov 93 16:03:32 +0100 Message-Id: <9311061503.AA04051@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 8410; Sat, 06 Nov 93 16:02:15 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 6660; Sat, 06 Nov 93 16:02:13 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 6658; Sat, 06 Nov 93 16:02:11 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Sat, 6 Nov 93 15:02:24 +0000 From: "Chris Rowley | OU - UK [R01/Maths]" Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple Recipients of Subject: RE: the name NFSS Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1101 > why not think if it as > > NFSS New Font Selection Scheme of LaTeX > > and in half a year (when everybody is using the well-maintained LaTeX) > and after checking that the files still work (or not) you can then make > a public vote to determine the new name being > > NFSS Nice Font Selection Scheme > NFSS Nasty Font Selection Scheme Or even NFSS Normal Font Selection Scheme yawn, yawn:-}. > its an abbreviation and such things have their own lives. who knows > what foo/bar means without looking into the hackers dictionary? or even after doing so? chris