X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["703" "Fri" "31" "October" "1997" "12:01:39" "GMT" "Philip Taylor (RHBNC)" "CHAA006@VMS.RHBNC.AC.UK" nil "21" "Re: journal macros (not front matter)" "^Date:" nil nil "10" nil nil nil nil nil] nil) Received: from listserv.gmd.de (listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.1]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id NAA07173; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:01:52 +0100 (MET) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <15.9D0069CA@listserv.gmd.de>; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:01:49 +0100 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 226496 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:01:39 +0100 Received: from vms.rhbnc.ac.uk (alpha1.rhbnc.ac.uk [134.219.201.113]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id NAA16603 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:01:37 +0100 (MET) Message-ID: <971031120139.3890d@vms.rhbnc.ac.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 12:01:39 GMT From: "Philip Taylor (RHBNC)" Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: journal macros (not front matter) Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 2515 >> Discussion has concentrated on front matter, but let's not forget other >> things which require an author to CHANGE HIS INPUT according to which >> journal is to be used, even if the content is the same. These are at >> least spelling, agreed. >> whether to italicise foreign words, patently untrue: every author in his/her right mind tags such words/phrases \foreign {...} (or even \french {...}, \czech {...}, ...) and then establishes a suitable definition for the tags to meet the criteria of the publication in which it will appear. >> use of punctuation >> in abbreviations again I would disagree: surely one uses \etc, \eg, \ie, etc. with appropriate definitions? Philip Taylor, RHBNC.