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Date: Thu, 4 Dec 1997 13:51:23 -0800 (PST)
From: john baez <baez@math.ucr.edu>

Michael Barr writes:

> I am all in favor of Jim Stasheff's proposal, but what does one do about
> the fact that I, for example, have my own personal macros files and
> my TeX files cannot be compiled without them.  

Preprint servers of the sort Jim is describing have facilities for
uploading macro files, postscript files, etc. along with the TeX
files.   I use them a lot and they work.

Best,
John Baez