X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["2150" "Fri" "31" "October" "1997" "13:44:31" "GMT" "Phillip Helbig" "helbig@MULTIVAC.JB.MAN.AC.UK" nil "43" "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 OAA11785; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 14:51:39 +0100 (MET) Received: from lsv1.listserv.gmd.de by listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <3.F4234013@listserv.gmd.de>; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 14:51:37 +0100 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 226600 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 14:51:31 +0100 Received: from multivac (multivac.jb.man.ac.uk [130.88.24.128]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA25054 for ; Fri, 31 Oct 1997 14:51:29 +0100 (MET) X-VMS-To: SMTP%"LATEX-L@relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de" X-VMS-Cc: HELBIG Message-ID: <97103113443170@multivac.jb.man.ac.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Fri, 31 Oct 1997 13:44:31 GMT From: Phillip Helbig 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: 2518 > Phillip Helbig : > Should the command not be named \color? I mean, who will remember how to > spell it correctly otherwise. -- Just joking. :-) \color might already exist in one of the graphics packages?!?! > But I am not sure of the use of the command. Are there a lot of authors > writing papers in several English dialects simultaneously? Well, my next paper I intend to submit to the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, who in their style guide say `please use British spelling'. Part of this might be recycled for, say, a conference proceeding (or the other way around) published by, say, an American publisher who is equally adamant about using American spelling. Or the decision where to submit something might be made after most of the manuscript is written, depending on how much each of the potential authors actually contributes, perhaps the emphasis in the final version, whose institute can cover page charges for those journals which levy them etc. Also, there are times when one doesn't agree with the reasons for a rejection and resubmits to another, equally respected, journal in another country. So it is a real concern. > Or are there a > lot of scientific journals out there that refuse to accept the fact that > there are different dialects of the English language? Depends on how strictly such things as `please use British spelling' are interpreted. Note that, with german.sty, one can select language as either Austrian or German---I believe the only difference is that with \today Austrian has `J"anner' and German `Januar'. Also, in Switzerland, they have abolished the "s (\ss,\3) character, so there are similar considerations in languages other than English. -- Phillip Helbig Email ... helbig@multivac.jb.man.ac.uk Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories Tel. ..... +44 1477 571 321 (ext. 297) Jodrell Bank Fax ................. +44 1477 571 618 Macclesfield Telex ................. 36149 JODREL G UK-Cheshire SK11 9DL Web .... http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pjh/