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Date:         Sun, 13 Feb 1994 14:22:15 -0500
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Subject:      Re: collective documents [was exam papers]
Status: R

sebastian:
    I have edited [multiple such documents], and found
    all the tools I needed. If you mean, `we want a standard class for
    this job' then yes, i'd agree, but I don't find a need for new features
    to handle these situations.
    [...] i hack each one as it comes along :-}

hacking each article in a collection as is comes along is just fine,
as long as each starts on a new page.  in regular issues of tugboat,
they're run in together, and although this is more unusual than the
case where each article starts on a new page, i doubt very much that
it's unique.  (in fact, i've seen requests for such a capability on
comp.text.tex.)
ron whitney and i *have* hacked something together that allows
multiple articles to be run together in a continuous stream, and it's
not exactly trivial.  and i doubt it will work with latex2e, and it
probably won't work again with latex3.  i think that it would be
reasonable to hope for this feature to be available as a standard
option in latex3, which is supposed to give designers more flexibility
and not require them to create loathsome and non-portable hacks.
                                                -- bb