TUGboat 42:1 (2021)
The Communications of the TeX Users Group

Title: Lapses in TeX—a look backward

Summary: alternatives to past decisions that could have alleviated current problems.

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Author: Barbara Beeton

Publication: TUGboat volume 42, number 1 (2021), pages 13-17

DOI (this page): 10.47397/tb/42-1/tb130beeton-lapses
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Category: Dreamboat

Difficulty: Intermediate Plus

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