From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/2792 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Hans Hagen Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: \bTABLE and \eTABLE Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 16:43:15 +0200 Sender: owner-ntg-context@let.uu.nl Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000922164315.01522100@pop.wxs.nl> References: <39CB4D2A.A623212E@pobox.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035393566 11852 80.91.224.250 (23 Oct 2002 17:19:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Berend de Boer , ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-To: Ed L Cashin In-Reply-To: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:2792 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.comp.tex.context:2792 At 09:16 AM 9/22/00 -0400, Ed L Cashin wrote: >Berend de Boer writes: > >> Hello All, >> >> Up to now every context `environment' used \start.. \stop... >> \bTABLE..\eTABLE breaks with that tradition. My suggestion therefore is >> to rename \bTABLE and \eTABLE to \startautotable and \stopautotable. >> >> What do people think? Above all, what does Hans think? > >Well, it reminds me of a thought I had when I first saw the bTABLE / >eTABLE commands: > >I thought that we users were supposed to try to use mixed-case names >for the commands that we make up so as to avoid clashes with context >commands. So I was surprised to see a new mixed-case context command. > >I'm torn, though. Tables are so handy that I bet I would be grateful >for the brevity of the new table syntax. I like the short commands. >They are not only easier to type; they also make the table more easy >to read in the source, since they don't get in the way. Low level, all three table packages use UPPERCASE naming to ensure that no conflicts arise. \long\def\startautotable#1\stopautotable{\bTABLE#1\eTABLE} how about the other \bTR \eTR ? I have to look into that, but berend as well as you have a point. Hans ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hans Hagen | PRAGMA ADE 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------