X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["1453" "Fri" "11" "February" "1994" "14:34:00" "+0100" "Frank Poppe" "POPPE@swov.nl" "<199402111336.AA24732@mail.cs.tu-berlin.de>" "28" "Re: On compatibility in LaTeX2e [was: Re: keyed options lis" "^Date:" nil nil "2" "1994021113:34:00" "On compatibility in LaTeX2e [was: Re: keyed options lis" 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 AA21716; Fri, 11 Feb 94 14:37:14 +0100 Received: from mail.cs.tu-berlin.de by sc.ZIB-Berlin.DE (4.1/SMI-4.0-sc/03.06.93) id AA07886; Fri, 11 Feb 94 14:36:12 +0100 Received: from tubvm.cs.tu-berlin.de by mail.cs.tu-berlin.de with SMTP id AA24732 (5.65c8/IDA-1.4.4(mail.m4[1.12]) for <@MAIL.CS.TU-BERLIN.DE:Schoepf@SC.ZIB-BERLIN.DE>); Fri, 11 Feb 1994 14:36:09 +0100 Message-Id: <199402111336.AA24732@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 3087; Fri, 11 Feb 94 14:35:56 +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 3086; Fri, 11 Feb 1994 14:35:56 +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 3848; Fri, 11 Feb 1994 14:35:23 +0000 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Fri, 11 Feb 1994 14:34:00 +0100 From: Frank Poppe Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: On compatibility in LaTeX2e [was: Re: keyed options lis Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 1542 "Johannes L. Braams" wrote JB> On Thursday, February 10 POPPE@swov.nl wrote: JB> JB> > In the coming years users will be forced (eg by local style designers JB> > who want to use possibilities of LaTeX2e) to switch to \documentclass JB> > syntax and other "new" commands. If LaTeX3 would force them to yet JB> > another command that would give LaTeX (and possibly TeX) a "bad name". JB> Have such happenings ever given WordPervert a `bad name'? Having to JB> rewrite your maros' when upgrading rom 4.2 to 5 being told this won't JB> happen again, but having to rewrite non the less or version 6? JB> JB> (Couldn't resist) JB> Perhaps getting a `bad name' doesn't affect selling... If people have spent a lot of money they seem to be willing to spend some more money to keep up-to-date -- apparently even if it means a lot of work. The trouble with LaTeX is that it is too cheap (you download the software and buy the new companion) to get up-to-date... _____________________________________________________________________________ Frank Poppe tel: +31 70 3209323 Institute for Road Safety Research SWOV fax: +31 70 3201261 ,,, ,, ,, ,, .... ,, ,, mail: PO Box 170 ||,,, || || || :: :: || || 2260 AD Leidschendam ,,,|~ ||,'|,~ :: :' ||,~ the Netherlands