Re: ConTeXt modules

[Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>]

At 10:00 PM 5/29/01 +0200, Giuseppe Bilotta wrote:
>Hello, this is mostly directed to Hans.
>
>Is there a convention for the naming of modules, when creating new
>ones? Since I'm quite sure not everybody is interested in the
>thing I'm doing, and yet I'd like to distribute them as modules,
>how should I name them?

In order to prevent name clashes, the m- x- s- and p- prefixes are reserved
for myself and pragma folks. I can support u-* for user modules, but we
need to make sure that users make unique names. If needed i can put those
public user things into a separate archive. So, how about a u- prefix? 

Also, *styles* never are modules, except from those in the standard
distribution (the s- and x- ones that i make here). User styles are
environments and are loaded with \environment  

Also, when writing modules, make sure that you use existing keywords in a
consistent way, use soem Capitals in the names of macros, and use only
documented interfaces (in case of doubt: ask!). Later i will provide
scripts for normalizing files. 

Hans
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