Received: from webgate.proteosys.de (mail.proteosys-ag.com [62.225.9.49]) by lucy.proteosys (8.11.0/8.9.3/SuSE Linux 8.9.3-0.1) with ESMTP id f19C67H02814 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:06:07 +0100 Received: by webgate.proteosys.de (8.11.0/8.11.0) with ESMTP id f19C67d17474 . for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:06:07 +0100 Received: from mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (mailserver1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.30]) by mailgate2.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f19C66708926 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:06:06 +0100 (MET) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C09290.AEAEA180" Received: from mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE [134.93.8.56]) by mail.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA19977 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:06:05 +0100 (MET) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Received: from mail.listserv.gmd.de (mail.listserv.gmd.de [192.88.97.5]) by mailgate1.zdv.Uni-Mainz.DE (8.11.0/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f19C64M27191 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:06:04 +0100 (MET) Received: from mail.listserv.gmd.de (192.88.97.5) by mail.listserv.gmd.de (LSMTP for OpenVMS v1.1a) with SMTP id <7.81DF1C36@mail.listserv.gmd.de>; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:05:58 +0100 Received: from RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE by RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 1.8b) with spool id 488041 for LATEX-L@RELAY.URZ.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:06:00 +0100 Received: from ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (mail.urz.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.119.234]) by relay.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA15539 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:05:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from relay.uni-heidelberg.de (relay.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.212]) by ix.urz.uni-heidelberg.de (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA32414 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:05:59 +0100 Received: from waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de (waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.4.42]) by relay.uni-heidelberg.de (8.10.2+Sun/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f19C5xu12486 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:05:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from peano.cs.uni-dortmund.de (peano.cs.uni-dortmund.de [129.217.28.154]) by waldorf.cs.uni-dortmund.de with ESMTP id NAA12724 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:05:59 +0100 (MET) Received: from peano.cs.uni-dortmund.de (tinne@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by peano.cs.uni-dortmund.de (8.9.3/8.9.3/Debian 8.9.3-21) with ESMTP id NAA12700 for ; Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:05:58 +0100 In-Reply-To: Message from Hans Aberg of "Fri, 09 Feb 2001 12:48:05 +0100." References: Return-Path: X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 (debian) Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: inputenc text (and/or math) Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2001 13:05:58 +0100 Message-ID: <200102091205.NAA12700@peano.cs.uni-dortmund.de> X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Karsten Tinnefeld" Sender: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" To: "Multiple recipients of list LATEX-L" Reply-To: "Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 3767 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C09290.AEAEA180 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Whether or not text is in math mode is an important authoring issue > >that requires explicit author indication. > I tend to think that there in a text mode for natural language alone, = there > should be no numbers allowed, only letters and punctuation marks. Our (that is, German syntax) rules state that text mode numbers should = ouly be written out as number words up to twelve. But there are text mode numbers which are definitely not maths, as in ``in the summer of '69'' ``they were not only pirates, they were The Wild 13'' (The number of the beast is $666$? I don't think so.) Also, I tend to treat enumeration numbers (\thesection, \itemize-items) as text number's, raising them to the third makes to sense. -- Karsten Tinnefeld tinnefeld@ls2.cs.uni-dortmund.de Fachbereich Informatik, Lehrstuhl 2 T +49 231 755-4737 Universit=E4t Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, Deutschland F +49 231 = 755-2047 ------_=_NextPart_001_01C09290.AEAEA180 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: inputenc text (and/or math)

> >Whether or not text is in math mode is an = important authoring issue
> >that requires explicit author = indication.

> I tend to think that there in a text mode for = natural language alone, there
> should be no numbers allowed, only letters and = punctuation marks.

Our (that is, German syntax) rules state that text = mode numbers should ouly
be written out as number words up to twelve. But = there are text mode
numbers which are definitely not maths, as in

        ``in the = summer of '69''
        ``they = were not only pirates, they were The Wild 13''
        (The = number of the beast is $666$? I don't think so.)

Also, I tend to treat enumeration numbers = (\thesection, \itemize-items)
as text number's, raising them to the third makes to = sense.

--
Karsten = Tinnefeld          &nbs= p;            = tinnefeld@ls2.cs.uni-dortmund.de
Fachbereich Informatik, Lehrstuhl = 2            =        T +49 231 755-4737
Universit=E4t Dortmund, D-44221 Dortmund, = Deutschland   F +49 231 755-2047

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