X-VM-v5-Data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil] ["1169" "Tue" "31" "August" "1999" "08:15:31" "+0100" "Phillip Helbig" "helbig@MAN.AC.UK" nil "28" "Re: list status?" "^Date:" nil nil "8" nil "list status?" nil nil nil] nil) Received: from mail.listserv.gmd.de (mail.listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.5]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA28905; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 08:16:24 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from mail.listserv.gmd.de (192.88.97.5) by mail.listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <12.94029C73@mail.listserv.gmd.de>; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 8:16:24 +0200 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 443510 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 08:16:03 +0200 Received: from mailhost.rug.nl (mailhost.rug.nl [129.125.4.6]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id IAA23030 for ; Tue, 31 Aug 1999 08:16:01 +0200 (MET DST) Received: from gladia (actually host gladia.astro.rug.nl) by mailhost.rug.nl with local-SMTP (MMTA); Tue, 31 Aug 1999 08:16:05 +0200 X-VMS-To: SMTP%"LATEX-L@urz.uni-heidelberg.de" X-VMS-Cc: HELBIG Message-ID: <99083108153186@man.ac.uk> Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Date: Tue, 31 Aug 1999 08:15:31 +0100 From: Phillip Helbig Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project To: Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L Subject: Re: list status? Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3286 > is this list alive? Yes. Not much traffic lately. What are the prospects for coming up with some standard journal macros, including a BibTeX-style front matter handler, embracing the physical and social sciences and also getting all publishers and editors to encourage their use as well as distribute proper BibTeX files. :) Is there hope for the world? -- Phillip Helbig Email ......... p.helbig@jb.man.ac.uk Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories Tel. ... +44 1477 571 321 (ext. 2635) Jodrell Bank Fax ................ +44 1477 571 618 Macclesfield Telex ................ 36149 JODREL G UK-Cheshire SK11 9DL Web ... http://www.jb.man.ac.uk/~pjh/ ************************ currently working at ******************************* Kapteyn Instituut Email (above preferred) helbig@astro.rug.nl Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Tel. ...................... +31 50 363 4067 Postbus 800 Fax ....................... +31 50 363 6100 NL-9700 AV Groningen The Netherlands Web ... http://gladia.astro.rug.nl/~helbig/