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From: Sebastian Rahtz <spqr@FTP.TEX.AC.UK>
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Subject:      Re: The future of slides
Status: R

Richard Walker writes:
 >
 > But I wonder if we could move towards incorporating some more
 > of the good features of FoilTeX and seminar.  I think
 > we have learned a number of lessons from these packages
 > (cf. the colour support I mentioned, which came about
 > because of the co\"operation of FoilTeX's authors and
 > Tom Rokicki) that could be fed back into the slides class.

i'd appreciate it if somone did a knowledgeable comparison of FoilTeX
and Seminar. I have never used FoilTeX, and am very biased in favour
of seminar.

i agree with the sntiment, but i'm not clear whether there are any
real implications for the low-level LaTeX3. can anyone think of any?
... as opposed to building a nice powerful slides class for LaTeX3 when

that latter is ready.

the colour in latex2e did indeed benefit greatly from what Hafner and
Rokicki did, by the way. i think/hope Hafner was eventually persuaded
its even a litlle better than colordvi :-}

sebastian