X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["716" "Fri" "7" "January" "1994" "16:44:09" "GMT" "Sebastian Rahtz" "spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK" "<199401071654.AA01276@mail.cs.tu-berlin.de>" "18" "Re: The extent of compatibility" "^From:" nil nil "1" "1994010716:44:09" "The extent of compatibility" (number " " mark " Sebastian Rahtz Jan 7 18/716 " thread-indent "\"Re: The extent of compatibility\"\n") "<9401071201.AA03679@ftp.tex.ac.uk>"]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/24.6.93) id AA07915; Fri, 7 Jan 94 17:58:11 +0100 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/03.06.93) id AA18717; Fri, 7 Jan 94 17:56:10 +0100 Received: from tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de with SMTP id AA01276 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4(mail.m4[1.12]) for <@MAIL.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE:Schoepf@SC.ZIB-BERLIN.DE>); Fri, 7 Jan 1994 17:54:25 +0100 Message-Id: <199401071654.AA01276@mail.cs.tu-berlin.de> Received: from TUBVM.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE by tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de (IBM VM SMTP V2R2) with BSMTP id 2178; Fri, 07 Jan 94 17:52:48 +0200 Received: from VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (NJE origin MAILER@DHDURZ1) by TUBVM.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2177; Fri, 7 Jan 1994 17:52:48 +0200 Received: from VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (NJE origin LISTSERV@DHDURZ1) by VM.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LMail V1.2a/1.8a) with BSMTP id 2832; Fri, 7 Jan 1994 17:51:51 +0000 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project In-Reply-To: <9401071201.AA03679@ftp.tex.ac.uk> From: Sebastian Rahtz Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: The extent of compatibility Date: Fri, 7 Jan 1994 16:44:09 GMT Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1260 Robin Fairbairns writes: > > Whilst using seminar provokes various errors, formatting the manual > appears to work fine. However it produces different output from 2.09. > This definitely is font-related - everything comes out smaller in 2e. .... > It seems to me that compatibility does not extend to style files > very i think seminar is an exception, because it uses NFSS1 for its font stuff. i am using it with no problem, but using LaTe2e/NFSS2 font packages. i havent noticed this smallness Martyn reports. i really dont blame LaTeX2e for not being compatible with NFSS1. What I blame it for it removing \footheight, so that every style I use has to be edited to remove that offending item! sebastian