Received: from mout.gmx.net (mout.gmx.net [212.227.15.18]) by h1439878.stratoserver.net (8.14.2/8.14.2/Debian-2build1) with ESMTP id s13E9GB6016611 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:09:17 +0100 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de ([129.206.210.211]) by mx-ha.gmx.net (mxgmx101) with ESMTPS (Nemesis) id 0LvDV0-1VA4ge2dxC-010JXd for ; Mon, 03 Feb 2014 15:09:11 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.100.94]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s13E6MbR025895 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:06:22 +0100 Received: from listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (listserv.uni-heidelberg.de [127.0.0.1]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s12N13jO026740; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:06:21 +0100 Received: by LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 16.0) with spool id 10697000 for LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:06:21 +0100 Received: from relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (relay2.uni-heidelberg.de [129.206.210.211]) by listserv.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s13E6L90003211 for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:06:21 +0100 Received: from mail.ams.org (mail.ams.org [130.44.10.30]) by relay2.uni-heidelberg.de (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s13E66Ou025690 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES128-SHA bits=128 verify=FAIL) for ; Mon, 3 Feb 2014 15:06:10 +0100 References: <52E8E264.4010800@gmail.com> <20140202092147.56667308@aga-netbook> <87iosx29nm.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <89ECE88578D8F648A22E307DAEE885794775B488@SRVUNIMBX07.uni.au.dk> User-Agent: Alpine 2.00 (LRH 1167 2008-08-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Message-ID: Date: Mon, 3 Feb 2014 09:05:59 -0500 Reply-To: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project Sender: Mailing list for the LaTeX3 project From: Barbara Beeton Subject: Re: Feasibility of GUIs for authors and class designers in LaTeX3 To: LATEX-L@LISTSERV.UNI-HEIDELBERG.DE In-Reply-To: Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: Envelope-To: X-GMX-Antispam: 0 (Mail was not recognized as spam); Detail=V3; X-GMX-Antivirus: 0 (no virus found) X-UI-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:65mqkY4XxGo=:tHSKjk2oma52nsI/nVbb0s/wJg nKvshX381RIp76zi4oX6xwIM9zP3eVKwjKt35agctGI9OXOMzYbejnbAsgtxjnM2HxCehHquz iYimEtU9sLRZkzFdubcB1txgL6T1eG9PSIwTXu33sgNLYQPgAnXJR1HVH6jZtCFHdIbIwkLij hvhPFJOmT/EUsLodGOBKC8H0qKtuXCWs3XNYK8EO2edwRmzYHyu2l3ZNzQW3cTsbd9TN6Y/sK FTr5eyQfb466XsqHkuecoNO4gskUcQErnI7npEE8g2I8ezquM4IkQfopOWdZgOBzGo2GurMqi OwEs46GKmucVnbzk1c/Mcad+RXPYfk9eWrufz3mnwohjNpAOUOga4Kn7go0BRhSpKe/QU9JA6 aBJBNjjqOL5J3GOXeWco3gzTp1up6pvSPIbNTRfxSyKr2FboFJRmQeJxF8uVZ06SJEp/MtjcS BmtN9hihVUR/FzayCUNE/jvRyBv4f/o6QKfuBd3vqKQ5v6TQRe6/pbVCGoheQAuo7H1OKIH8X Prn2/kKTIO0LwaMu/fqk2RwOVoPG4gzddm0CabfMIs0xAL2y9a1NkIFl9rGMYo/McWaxwv78b V/0HkMQDqWZEBxO3Okel7BDP2fCgZkLUJWcI+wys7NP1mUWdTvvgWUqe+pitW+gHCX4YiJT8X 7WITbRo80BmmxjYUYESMHKwCR1qP0AYFQCnvQg00CH2f17TOeTa7F1i0MSOc5lMIkKz3aTaqK /m2Txlwo8c/TbX49PNUssgU8CXxmJD3HtY5se2lFGDK29umN0i7V/Wl6zUcpKLRsGJbEZc3J1 tU+yfDIyuH/wgN0N3BrJrABVsuGNxQrj4oeCL2kwtBObMaEuwA8EaRdLXAgpISrVfPg4o9R2v hGgrKeC1+11YEUCigBz8bBgIOBPT90GA11IGux7dTklU92l0odkgR9znwuq7lEFtQ6I6hw5Jx 2eeOrkoz1w8Qz6O74hpYtorzX/Qe55vbRPwW8Rtm8RX/iI/YoXLeG2M46Grvd5/ueEIiQQyIh cZc5lZdIZnrgEFeorPdutgk/SkhWm9fsa4Cmf8WDu2Yl6r9bH81p8vx28qvmtu6vd8d/Wzvxk bSQRj/3pJfaTp8WX0LyFSN4e4nxnemHbWIthrhsI7nasGxv4lpPLvkFX5INM11Cy+2cglaLT1 YQE10LRUt1E7wtKGHhjfQaEodJ2QpM/91YfzMkz6WYCOwGsooufBWAQs+K4FMR9UEpTQ+Nl/+ H6LCAmngj2E/x8X54mCbVH0Qx87lvDjIe9Z3l4Nu8XTNktiAvtKX9hqHyDpQNH1x3Yg3X7YXs t7sZeyLJOG8f2R/UdYRlZBmIafkK4Lk8LnC5hfB3ALDQlC2D37I+l2bCzTGLPuWzn7vPFbk+x 8ojtwWUODYEKm2XFalRH2dERwrCQNhJRqJRVF4VIj+NnUH7J1akmH9VgtKm X-UI-Loop:V01:4z1Bvankt0s=:7SIPdCRGwq/459mwHhrVzZXO5gluEQwsUC6YGeltA3A= Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 7329 On Sun, 2 Feb 2014, William F Hammond wrote: [...] In the new track with its pertinent user-level diagnostics one could have the LaTeX program print a diagnostic and then exit, forcing the user to correct the problem, one problem at a time. sadly, this would discourage me, and probably anyone else involved in a production setting, from using the new track if it is set up unalterably this way. it's often possible to make temporary adjustments and proceed through an entire file, accumulating all errors and warnings to be handled in a single manual pass. not always, but often enough that it's worth the effort to make an on-the-spot decision whether to cancel or proceed. -- bb