X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["985" "Thu" " 3" "February" "1994" "09:58:42" "LCL" "Kathleen Lyle" "K.Lyle@sheffield.ac.uk" "<199402031000.AA14820@mail.cs.tu-berlin.de>" "29" "Re: On the death of \\footheight" "^Date:" nil nil "2" "1994020309:58:42" "On the death of \\footheight" nil nil]) Return-Path: Received: from sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (mailserv) by dagobert.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0/24.6.93) id AA28452; Thu, 3 Feb 94 11:01:34 +0100 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/03.06.93) id AA21914; Thu, 3 Feb 94 11:00:31 +0100 Received: from tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de with SMTP id AA14820 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4(mail.m4[1.12]) for <@MAIL.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE:Schoepf@SC.ZIB-BERLIN.DE>); Thu, 3 Feb 1994 11:00:28 +0100 Message-Id: <199402031000.AA14820@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 5631; Thu, 03 Feb 94 11:00:22 +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 5630; Thu, 3 Feb 1994 11:00:22 +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 2466; Thu, 3 Feb 1994 10:59:56 +0000 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Thu, 3 Feb 1994 09:58:42 LCL From: Kathleen Lyle Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: On the death of \footheight Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1416 > I do not usually contribute to this list as generally the material is > concerned with the internals of TeX/LaTeX but... > > I think I am an average user who is interested in using TeX/LaTeX to produce > acceptable output on the printed page. I do not modify the output routine, > do not know how to, and do not want to. Provided I can get what I want with > standard facilities then fine. > Peter It is so reassuring to know that there are other frail human beings out there. I am sure this is how users most often do use LaTeX, and indeed that's surely the philosophy behind it, that writers should get on with writing and not have to be bothered with the technical details. > ====================================================================== Kathleen M. Lyle Technical Editor, Applied Probability Trust, Hicks Building, The University, Sheffield S3 7RH, UK Phone +742 824269 Fax +742 729782 ======================================================================