<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_extra"><div class="gmail_quote">On 27 January 2018 at 16:32, Peter Wilson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:herries.press@earthlink.net" target="_blank">herries.press@earthlink.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p>I think that the "Typeset by the bidi package" message is much
too modest. It should read something along the lines "Typeset by
the bidi package developed by Vafa Khalighi for over 12 years
without any funding or donations." In fact I think that every
class/package used in a document should typeset similar wording
about itself and its provenance on the top of the first page of
any (All)TeX document. Many classes and packages have been
developed over many more than 12 years, particularly TeX and
LaTeX.<br>
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<p>Peter W.</p></div></blockquote><div>
<div class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-f m_-7730614778038957937gmail-kv m_-7730614778038957937gmail-_SWb" style="color:rgb(128,128,128);display:block;height:18px;line-height:16px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;white-space:nowrap"><cite class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-_Rm" style="color:rgb(0,102,33);font-style:normal;font-size:14px"><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colophon" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.<wbr>com/dictionary/colophon</a></cite><div class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-action-menu m_-7730614778038957937gmail-ab_ctl" style="display:inline;margin:1px 3px 0px;vertical-align:middle"><a class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-_Fmb m_-7730614778038957937gmail-ab_button" href="https://www.google.ca/search?q=colophone&rlz=1C1EJFA_enCA773CA775&oq=colophone&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l5.4297j1j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#" id="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-am-b4" style="border-radius:0px;font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:11px;font-weight:bold;height:12px;line-height:27px;margin:1px 0px 2px;min-width:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center;background-color:white;background-image:none;border:0px;color:rgb(128,128,128);width:13px;text-decoration:none;display:inline-block" target="_blank"><span class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-mn-dwn-arw" style="border-color:rgb(0,102,33) transparent;border-style:solid;border-width:5px 4px 0px;width:0px;height:0px;margin-left:3px"></span></a><div class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-action-menu-panel m_-7730614778038957937gmail-ab_dropdown" style="background:rgb(255,255,255);border:1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.2);font-size:13px;padding:0px;white-space:nowrap"><ol style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px"><li class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-action-menu-item m_-7730614778038957937gmail-ab_dropdownitem" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;list-style:none"><a class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-fl" href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:7fBpBzP-DnsJ:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colophon+&cd=5&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=ca" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:block;padding:7px 18px;outline:0px;font-size:14px" target="_blank"></a></li><li class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-action-menu-item m_-7730614778038957937gmail-ab_dropdownitem" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;list-style:none"><a class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-fl" href="https://www.google.ca/search?rlz=1C1EJFA_enCA773CA775&q=related:https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/colophon+colophon&tbo=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi19J-k7frYAhVIXKwKHfCFDQ4QHwhdMAQ" style="text-decoration:none;color:rgb(51,51,51);display:block;padding:7px 18px;outline:0px;font-size:14px" target="_blank"></a></li></ol></div></div></div><span class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-st" style="line-height:1.4;word-wrap:break-word;color:rgb(84,84,84);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:left;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><span class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail-f" style="color:rgb(128,128,128)">Dec 29, 2017 -<span> </span></span>Definition of<span> </span><em style="font-weight:bold;font-style:normal;color:rgb(106,106,106)">colophon</em>. 1 : an inscription at the end of a book or manuscript usually with facts about its production.</span>
<br></div><div><br></div><div>I'd rather that more documents provide a useful colophone. "<span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline">Typeset by the bidi package ..." logically</span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span>belongs in the colophone.</span></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;float:none;display:inline"><span> </span></span></div><div>It would be useful to have a supported, standard method for packages to add/suggest entries to the colophon.</div><div>It would also be useful to have "Supported by: " entries in catalogs (for bidi: "Supported by: author").</div><div><br></div><div>That this is primarily a human issue has been pointed out -- many people contribute to TeX/LaTeX for small </div><div>rewards, often on their own resources and sometimes against their bosses' ideas of how time should be spent </div><div>("MS Word is good enough").</div><div><br></div><div>It would be nice to see a system of small awards given to individuals who have made significant contributions </div><div>(as determined by a small panel of judges based on open nominations). The publicity for TeX and friends </div><div>might persuade some bosses that time spent on TeX-related work has value.</div><div> </div><div>[...] </div></div>-- <br><div class="m_-7730614778038957937gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>George N. White III<br><br></div></div></div>
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