X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["941" "Tue" "9" "November" "93" "14:10:14" "GMT" "spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK" "spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK" nil "23" "Re: NF prefix, LaTeX/NFSS compatibility, etc" "^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 AA09276; Tue, 9 Nov 93 15:22:02 +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 AA10586; Tue, 9 Nov 93 15:21:58 +0100 Message-Id: <9311091421.AA10586@sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE> Received: from DHDURZ1 by vm.urz.Uni-Heidelberg.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 3184; Tue, 09 Nov 93 15:20:32 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 0455; Tue, 09 Nov 93 15:20:22 CET Received: from DHDURZ1 by DHDURZ1 (Mailer R2.08 R208004) with BSMTP id 0451; Tue, 09 Nov 93 15:20:19 CET Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <9311081653.AB07250@ftp.tex.ac.uk> Date: Tue, 9 Nov 93 14:10:14 GMT From: spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple Recipients of Subject: Re: NF prefix, LaTeX/NFSS compatibility, etc Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1121 Paul Taylor writes: > > A LaTeX user is entitled to take *any* file called > "times.sty" from the International TeX archive, > put it in his macros directory, run his existing > LaTeX implementation with \documentstyle[times] > and expect to get his document printed in Times. > > In other words, rather than creating more new files called times.sty, > nftimes.sty or whatever, there should be one version which supersedes > all others, for all purposes. i used to maintain one of these (a universal times.sty). but i thought when NFSS2 came long "i am tired and weary of this nonsense; lets have new names and make a clean break", so was part of the infamous "lets have nf prefixes" decision. let universal 'times.sty' be a user-contributed goody for those who care. otherwise lets start LaTeX2e with a clean slate. in my view, "entitled" in the quote above is nasty word.... sebastian