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Date:         Mon, 31 Jan 1994 15:09:33 LCL
From: Mike Piff <M.Piff@sheffield.ac.uk>
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Subject:      Re: form and content
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From:          David Carlisle <carlisle@computer-science.manchester.ac.uk>
%>
%>> I don't agree!
%>> ...
%>> A clear distinction is made between the environment center and the
%>> "declaration" \centering.
%>
%>That is because they are different.
%>
%>\begin{centering} ... \end{centering}
%>
%>is equivalent to {\centering ... } but doesnt centre the `...' as no
%>\par is in the scope of the declaration.
%>
%>the center environment would centre the ..  as it is a list
%>environment (with one item) and so adds an implicit \par at the end.
%>
I agree with your diagnosis, but the point is that if {\foo...} was meant to
give the same effect as \begin{foo}...\end{foo} then it was churlish not to
compare and contrast the centering and center environments at this point.
Indeed p111 confuses things even more by refering to the centering
environment center!

However, that takes us away from the point of the discussion.
Mike
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