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Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros
From: |
Holger Herrlich |
Subject: |
Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros |
Date: |
Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:38:32 +0200 |
On Mon, 20 Aug 2018 23:22:44 +0200
Tadziu Hoffmann <address@hidden> wrote:
> > A macro package does not hide the controls any more than writing
> > macros yourself does. A macro package aggregates the requests
> > needed to perform typesetting functions for convenience, not
> > opacity.
>
> Well said.
Isn't it an over generalization? Doesn't technology consist of
compromises as well?
> I would like to add that I sometimes get the impression that people
> think that once they use a macro package, raw formatter requests
> should not be used anymore, as they somehow taint the "purity" of the
> manuscript. (This idea also appears to exist among some LaTeX users.)
>
> But this is of course nonsense. The purpose of macro packages
> is not to *limit* what you are *allowed* to do, but to *help*
> you in what you *want* to do. And we should keep in mind that one of
> the core uses of macros is not to save a few keystrokes in marking up
> the manuscript (although it helps), but to maintain *consistency*
> across the entire document.
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, (continued)
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Peter Schaffter, 2018/08/10
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Ralph Corderoy, 2018/08/11
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Yves Cloutier, 2018/08/11
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Ingo Schwarze, 2018/08/11
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Holger Herrlich, 2018/08/16
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Holger Herrlich, 2018/08/20
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Peter Schaffter, 2018/08/20
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Tadziu Hoffmann, 2018/08/20
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Ingo Schwarze, 2018/08/20
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Jeff Conrad, 2018/08/20
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros,
Holger Herrlich <=
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Tadziu Hoffmann, 2018/08/21
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Pierre-Jean Fichet, 2018/08/22
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Peter Schaffter, 2018/08/22
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Holger Herrlich, 2018/08/21
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Peter Schaffter, 2018/08/22
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Holger Herrlich, 2018/08/26
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Yves Cloutier, 2018/08/11
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Peter Schaffter, 2018/08/11
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Ralph Corderoy, 2018/08/12
- Re: [groff] Creating a numbered list without macros, Ingo Schwarze, 2018/08/12