[OS X TeX] New Macros, new Engines, new TeXShop versions, and all that

[Claus Gerhardt]

Dick's proposition seems to adhere to Einstein's advice. No wonder that the subject of this thread alludes to the title of Streater/Wightman's book "PCT, spin, statistics, and all that".

Claus


On Feb 21, 2010, at 19:23, David Messerschmitt wrote:

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>> There is an adage attributed to Einstein who was once asked what would would be the essence of a good theory. Einstein's answer: "Make it simple, but not simpler".
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>> David's suggestion is certainly too complicated.
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> Perhaps you can find a simpler way to satisfy my "design principle", but I think the tradeoff of putting slightly more burden on the power user (if necessary) in order to make things transparent for the lazy user is the the correct design philosophy. Unless, of course, TexShop is intended exclusively for power users.
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