[XeTeX] XeTeX 0.4 available

Bruce D'Arcus bdarcus at fastmail.fm
Wed Apr 21 13:52:38 CEST 2004


On Apr 21, 2004, at 7:31 AM, Jonathan Kew wrote:

> How do other people feel about command names for extensions like this? 
> In principle, of course, any name might exist in macro packages, but 
> using a prefix like that would obviously make clashes much less 
> likely. But on the other hand, these are commands that users may 
> actually type at times, and it's more pleasant to use (IMO) if such 
> commands have "natural" names.

I think minimizing potential conflicts is more important than entry 
elegance.  Besides, shouldn't a good editor be able to help make entry 
of commonly used commands easier?  TeXShop (not the best editor in 
general) has autocomplete macros; right?

Bruce



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