At 11:33 PM 11/8/2002 +0100, Martin Schroeder wrote:
On 2002-11-08 17:35:53 +0100, Hans Hagen wrote:
then, shouldn't this be a primitive as well?
Possibly, but ArtCom doesn't need that. We have to be able to upgrade the TeX installation without changing the application that generates the TeX files.
sure, but a macro package should be able to overload a users default, and since it's a new feature and downward compatibility is important, no macro package would get into your way; all functionality that can be controled in the config should be accessible inside pdftex as well Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE | pragma@wxs.nl Ridderstraat 27 | 8061 GH Hasselt | The Netherlands tel: +31 (0)38 477 53 69 | fax: +31 (0)38 477 53 74 | www.pragma-ade.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------- information: http://www.pragma-ade.com/roadmap.pdf documentation: http://www.pragma-ade.com/showcase.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------