* \bTABLE and \eTABLE @ 2000-09-22 12:14 ` Berend de Boer 2000-09-22 13:16 ` Ed L Cashin 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Berend de Boer @ 2000-09-22 12:14 UTC (permalink / raw) 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? Groetjes, Berend. (-: ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: \bTABLE and \eTABLE 2000-09-22 12:14 ` \bTABLE and \eTABLE Berend de Boer @ 2000-09-22 13:16 ` Ed L Cashin 2000-09-22 14:43 ` Hans Hagen 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Ed L Cashin @ 2000-09-22 13:16 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: ntg-context Berend de Boer <berend@pobox.com> 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. -- --Ed Cashin PGP public key: ecashin@coe.uga.edu http://www.coe.uga.edu/~ecashin/pgp/ ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: \bTABLE and \eTABLE 2000-09-22 13:16 ` Ed L Cashin @ 2000-09-22 14:43 ` Hans Hagen 2000-09-22 16:40 ` Berend de Boer 0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread From: Hans Hagen @ 2000-09-22 14:43 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: Berend de Boer, ntg-context At 09:16 AM 9/22/00 -0400, Ed L Cashin wrote: >Berend de Boer <berend@pobox.com> 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
* Re: \bTABLE and \eTABLE 2000-09-22 14:43 ` Hans Hagen @ 2000-09-22 16:40 ` Berend de Boer 0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread From: Berend de Boer @ 2000-09-22 16:40 UTC (permalink / raw) Cc: Ed L Cashin, ntg-context Hans Hagen wrote: > how about the other \bTR \eTR ? I have to look into that, but berend as > well as you have a point. Well, I was used to them inside \starttable and here brevity really pays off, but perhaps they should be lower case? One doesn't need uppercase in an editor with syntax high-lighting, and lowercase is easier to type. And in that case, if they are only active inside tables, they can become \tr \str \td \std (s for slash or stop). Groetjes, Berend. (-: ^ permalink raw reply [flat|nested] 4+ messages in thread
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