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Date:         Tue, 8 Feb 1994 18:52:56 +0000
From: Paul Taylor <pt@DOC.IC.AC.UK>
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Subject:      Re: A philosophical question about packages and options
Status: R

Mike Piff's question was I think about including information specific
to him personally as an option to his letter style.

Even though this is "standard" to him, surely it out to go in the
document anyway - the document ought to say what it (itself) is,
viz a letter from Mike Piff at Sheffield to someone or  other,
jsust as his papers say that they are by him and about something
or other.

However that aside, I suggest that such options could be handled more
naturally than at present within the options mechanism by allowing
        \documentclass[option=value]{article}
and similarly \usepackage.

This would also make the files times.sty etc about which we had a
heated discussion in November obsolete - you just go
        \documentclass[typeface=times,sans=helvetica,typewriter=courier]
Then people might realise what an abomination such a combination is!

Paul